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Description: | 2 piece suit in wool/silk mixture, discharge printed with stylised trailing flowers and stems in white on a black ground; short boxy jacket, single breasted fastening with 4 black circular buttons, turn-down collar and revers in white; matching short A-line skirt; both lined white acetate; woven label, Diorling by Christian Dior London, 12811.
The suit was worn by a Mrs Xena Franklin who had a long association with couture, having been dressed by Worth of London when a young woman and having known well one of the vendeuse at Dior, London. After the war her husband was based at the British Embassy in Paris and she was lent dresses by Lanvin, Schiaparelli and Dior for formal functions, and then allowed to buy them at the end of the season. She got married in Jacques Fath.
Technique: printed
Material: wool
Material: silk
Womens Diorling jacket. | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.64360 | Go to resource |
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