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Evening dress "Soirée de Paris" (Evening in Paris)
Fall/Winter 1955 Haute Couture
Not on view
This is the first dress Yves Saint Laurent designed while working at the house of Christian Dior. It was famously photographed by Richard Avedon for the September 1955 issue of Harper’s Bazaar as part of a fourteen page story on Paris fashion. The simple design of this dress belies its complex construction: the body and decorative satin bow are sewn together as one piece, and the snug, narrow sleeves have zippers at their interiors that go up the full length of the arm. The Museums are home to more than 140 Dior designs, which span the house’s history. Many were donated by prominent San Franciscan women, such as the civic leader Eleanor Christenson de Guigné.
- Designer
- Yves Saint Laurent
- House of
- Dior
- Title
- Evening dress "Soirée de Paris" (Evening in Paris)
- Date
- Fall/Winter 1955 Haute Couture
- Place of Creation
- Paris
- Object Type
- Costume
- Medium
- Silk velvet and silk satin weave
- Credit Line
- Eleanor Christenson de Guigné Collection (Mrs. Christian de Guigné III), gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hoffman in honor of Ian McKibbin White
- Accession Number
- 1987.12
