Iconic Couture

 

The gown worn by Grace Kelly in the film High Society

The dress, designed by Edith Head that Kelly wore in Hitchcock's Rear Window

 A Givenchy dress worn to meet Jackie Kennedy for an informal luncheon at the White House

Jackie Kennedy 1961

Dior ballgown which was worn by Princess Margaret in her famous 21st birthday portrait by Cecil Beaton.

The cream-colored silk gown features a full skirt, tiny waist, off-the-shoulder chiffon sleeves, and gold embroidery detail

 

the iconic Junon dress from the 1949 A/W Haute Couture collection. It is a triumph of tulle and sequins, and you can see the floral inspiration in the multi-layered ‘petals’ of the dress skirt.

The ‘Junon’ dress, with is magnificent skirt of ombeed petals, like abstractions of peacock feathers without their eyes, references the bird associated with the Queen of the Olympians. This was an iconic Dior dress in 1949, where, alongside ‘Venu

Dior Couture, Fall 2007