"Claro"
With this ensemble, Dior posed a layered repudiation of his own New Look silhouette. The coat, of an exaggerated blockiness, was to be worn over a tubular dress that ignored the waist and barely acknowledged the bust and hipline. A decade after his innovation, Dior was resolutely denouncing the elements that for so long had constituted his work.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Claro"
- Design House: House of Dior (French, founded 1946)
- Designer: Christian Dior (French, Granville 1905–1957 Montecatini)
- Date: fall/winter 1957–58
- Culture: French
- Medium: wool
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers Benjamin, 1965
- Object Number: C.I.65.14.18a–c
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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