CHRISTIAN DIOR Dark Navy Blue Silk Jacquard Long Fitted Skirt
With an Extra Long Shawl with Fringes of the same Fabrication
Runway Resort 2011

The pattern of runway events at Christian Dior
is forming a kind of paradigm of what fashion,
and its marketing, are about now.
As a designer at one of the most powerful houses in the world,
John Galliano must address multiple global audiences,
with the tiny core of fashion-hungry critics at one end
and a vast potential public of women who are looking for something to wear at the other.
So this is how it pans out:
The idea-fueled Dior mania is sectioned off for couture,
while ready-to-wear strikes up a conversation directly with the customer.

Lately, Galliano has been mining the good old U.S. of A.
for raw material from which to spin his dreams.
For a season as commercially skewed as resort, Yankee practicality seems an apt starting point.
Which means the designer has been checking out the history of our grandes dames
like Barbara Hutton, Millicent Rogers, and Nan Kempner
women who weren't afraid to make a bold sartorial statement,
one that preferably involved a whopping piece of jewelry.
From a shimmering backdrop that conjured a Tony Duquette garden,
there emerged a full wardrobe for their modern-day counterparts in Palm Beach, Beverly Hills, and Dallas.

Here is a Long "Mermaid" Style Skirt made of Dark Navy Blue Jacquard Silk with a hint of lavender to the blue.
The Jacquard has an Asian influence looking like "Japanese Wood Blocks" of Flowers and Clouds
It comes with the matching Long Slender Shawl with Dark Brown Hand Braided Fringe
This is an ensemble you wouldn't know whether to attribute it to Gaultier or to HERMES
Fabrication is 100% Fine Silk Jacquard
It is a long Slimline skirt that sits low on the waistline with a side zipper closure
Made to fit and hug hipline and then fan out as it descends
The skirt was cut on a bias
Tagged a US Size 10
The dark navy has a lavender or purple cast
The shape of the skirt is a "MERMAID"
46 1/2" Long
Waistband 31"
Hipline measure 41" with a little stretch
The skirt then tightens to fit the upper legs slimly
Hemline 60"

The Matching shawl is exactly the same fabrication of Navy Jacquard
We have draped it lots of ways on the mannequin to give you an idea of how to wear it
Even if you choose not to use an underpinning
82" Long + 13" of Fringe on each End
27" Wide
and is in BRAND NEW CONDITION
Made in France.
Don't let this treasure pass you by!