Description

Dress and jacket in red and black chine silk in a design of black chrysanthemums or dahlias on a red ribbed faille ground. Simple sleeveless shift dress with matching short boxy jacket with bracelet length sleeves, 3 self covered buttons, trun down circular collar and 2 very shallow patch pockets. Both garments lined in pale red silk. Woven labels: 'Christian Dior, Automne/Hiver 1957', and stamped '090052' in jacket and '090053' in dress. The outfit is a model costume named: 'Automne' and the catwalk costume was in a brown and black, rather than red and black print.