1960s Chic Larger Christian Dior Numbered Suit designer-jacques-heim high waist

high waist

I love the deign that is worked through the knit down the front - it is slightly raised so has an extra dimension to it

That effect once on and you move is just amazing

The exterior layer is also silk but has huge curving panels of lace inset into it

1960s Chic Larger Christian Dior Numbered Suit designer-jacques-heim high waistThis wonderful and chic numbered suit would be considered demi couture, specifically ordered by a client based on the collection designed at the time for Dior London and not purchased straight off the rack. The client would have been measured and perhaps chose the specific fabric and or cut that she wished but not gone the through the haute couture experience of having the design fitted from muslin at the Paris atelier. Numbered pieces of this type