Christian Dior Black Bar Jacket by John Galliano (SS 2006)
Curator's Note
From the Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2006 ready-to-wear collection by John Galliano, originally a sample piece. The fitted waist, flared hem and mother-of-pearl Dior logo buttons directly reference the house's Bar jacket, first presented by Christian Dior in 1947.
Description
- Jacket in black textured sisal-weave fabric in viscose, cotton and acrylic blend
- Notched collar with loop detail
- Three-quarter sleeves
- Fitted waist with flared hem and back bow
- Two front pockets with mother-of-pearl Dior logo buttons
- Fully lined in black silk
- Original sample piece
Size & Measurements
- Sample piece, no size label (please refer to measurements for accurate fit)
- Measurements are taken with the garment laid flat:
- Shoulder: 42cm
- Chest: 40cm
- Waist: 36cm
- Sleeve length: 49cm
- Length: 56cm
Excellent
Garment is in outstanding condition with no or minimal signs of wear. Any flaws present are negligible and do not detract from the overall appearance or integrity of the piece.
Christian Dior
Christian Dior was born in Granville, Normandy in 1905 and came to fashion after running an art gallery in Paris where he showed work by Salvador Dalí, Man Ray and Jean Cocteau. He opened his own couture house in 1946 with the backing of French textile magnate Marcel Boussac. His first collection, presented in February 1947 and quickly dubbed the New Look by the press, introduced rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, padded hips and a full skirt that fell to mid-calf. The collection was immediately controversial, as fabric rationing had only recently ended and the extravagance of the silhouette provoked fierce debate across Europe and America, but it nonetheless transformed the direction of postwar fashion within a season. The Bar Suit, the central piece of that debut collection, has been reinterpreted by every subsequent creative director of the house. Dior produced twenty-two couture collections before dying of a heart attack in Italy in 1957. The house has since been led by Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri, each reinterpreting the founding silhouette for their own era. The Christian Dior Museum, opened in his childhood home in Granville in 1997, holds a permanent collection of his work and archive.
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