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 Renée 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...

Saffron sunrise

this saffron yellow denim jacket is quite unusual to have as a jacket, I admit, but it seems like it won't be a problem styling it. In fact how did I ever get along without it?

 for starters, it turns out to be a lovely buttery daffodil yellow that is quite cheerful...

generously cut, it has some stretch to it as well for flexibility at the elbows...

And this yellow and white gingham tiered skirt matches well...

as does this cherry blossom sakura print skirt, which is top of the list to team with this jacket...

and I love how the warmth of this yellow teams well with this leopard scarf...

this Klimt inspired pashmina scarf with autumnal tones...

 these Klimt socks that were made for this yellow denim jacket!

these yellow and hot pink rose berkies that are otherwise hard to style...

but prove that yellow and pink team well, so this hot pink slinky tank top...

                            

but it would also look awesome with a red / yellow / orange pashmina worn as a scarf...

multi floral photographic print Warhol like top

these rainbow socks...

 this rainbow striped tank top that is v neck on one side...

and scoop neck on the other...

Citrus print Hawaiian shirt

Pink lemon Hawaiian shirt

this coral pink Hawaiian shirt that also has yellow in it...

even neon salmon pink like this coral lace top...

and these neon pink jeans...

I would team it with a simple black tank dress...

this lime / blue / white striped dress...

or this royal blue tank dress....

this yellow / white / navy blue printed skirt...

this yellow / blue / white bandana and this yellow belt...

and this navy and yellow crinkly scarf...

navy blue striped pants...

and a nautical navy and cream striped dress...

this black and white nautical striped maxi tank dress...

 this black and white flared striped maxi dress...

that is just so Mediterranean...

this French bateau tee inspired black and white striped dress

this ikat dress that has some yellow in it...

 a black tee...

over a nautical black and white striped pencil skirt...

or this black and white spotted skirt...

and these neon yellow jelly sandals...

this black pineapple shirt that has yellow in it...

this serape blanket rainbow striped smock dress that can also be worn as a skirt...

this high-low serape blanket rainbow stripes skirt...

and these neon pompom sandals...