Fashion Photograph of Ruth NEUMANN-DERUJINSKY for Christian Dior
Photography
Inventory number
2020.7.9.10.PH.FA.1958.FR
Authors:
Agence Intercontinentale (French, active 1950s)
House of Dior (French, founded 1946)
Yves SAINT-LAURENT (French, 1936 - 2008)
Description
Paper photograph depicting a woman wearing a look, named "Muguet", a model specially created by Yves SAINT LAURENT in the memore of Christian DIOR; he follows the new silhouette with a high waist effect. It is an evening "ankle" dress in white organza. The top of the bust and the hairstyle are decorated with sprigs of lily of the valley.
Yves SAINT LAURENT for House of Christian Dior has adopted the Trapeze line for this Spring-Summer 1958 collection. The silhouette was balanced by a hat placed straight on the head and between the two bases of the trapeze. The two major points of the season were: "The shoulders", on which the head of the trapeze rests; "The suspended extent of the skirt", the second basis of the trapeze. This new construction of the silhouette results in a very definite shortening of the dress.
Material
Analog photography
Origin
February 4 1958
France
Dimensions
Length : 12.5 cm
Height : 17.5 cm
Related object
Fashion photograph of Odile KERN