Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Christian Dior 1947 Bar Suit 70th Anniversary

this year sees the 70th anniversary of the iconic Christian Dior 1947 Bar Suit that featured a full pleated skirt and hip length ivory jacket, nipped in at the waist and with a small shawl collar...
in 1957 Christian Dior did a remake of the 1947 Bar Suit with a less-voluminous pleated black skirt and flouncier ivory jacket with a notched collar and one less button...
In 1947 RenĂ©e Breton wore the Christian Dior Bar Suit with an inverted bowl hat, black gloves and ivory pumps...
to commemorate the look, I shopped my closet to resurrect this silky ivory cropped jacket...
 that may not be an exact match for either jacket but comes close enough!
this full silhouette flounced and tiered black crushed velvet skirt for the 1947 look...
or this black and white floral number for a variation on the theme...
and my quite collegiate black pleated skirt which is closer to the 1957 look...
a simple black tee underneath, mainly to prevent sweating over the jacket...
 these black sandals...
or these black peeptoe booties...
and the black and white patterned fedora with flower...
black clover earrings...
this black enamel floral necklace...
and this ivory enamel bamboo bangle...

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