CHRISTIAN DIOR HAUTE COUTURE BY JOHN GALLIANO - Lot 27

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CHRISTIAN DIOR HAUTE COUTURE BY JOHN GALLIANO - Lot 27
CHRISTIAN DIOR HAUTE COUTURE BY JOHN GALLIANO Trouser suit, "Surrealist" collection, Spring/Summer 1999 A back to front suit, 'Surrealist' collection Spring/Summer 1999 Look 1, labelled and numbered 30359, 30360, the double-breasted jacket and trousers of Prince of Wales checked wool by Holland & Sherry, the right leg with extra floating panel, lined in white Buche crepe satin, chest approx 92cm 36in ; waist 76cm, 30in ; with a Dior cream felt beret; and a pair of matching Prince of Wales checked shoes with cream leather toes, size 40 (4) Celine Dion was famously photographed wearing a similar suit in white satin. To the Academy Awards that year which was poorly received by the press. In an interview with Kara Warner in 2017 she recalled, I was the only one with pants in a backward suit from Galliano and if I would do this today it would work. It was too avant-garde at the time' Literature : Illustrated in: 'Dior-Galliano, 1997-2011' text by Andrew Bolton, published by Assouline page 102 This back-to-front suit is photographed: Women's Wear Daily, 15th January 1999: This back-to-front suit is photographed. The collection is about the poetic, romantic side of surrealism, but it's a much more abstract reference than I usually do' says John Galliano, 'It's about the personality and sensuality of Salvador Dali and Gala, but also the influences of Man Ray, Jean Cocteau and English photographer Madame Yevonde whose photographs of aristocrat sitters as goddesses are a little kitschy. Provenance : The Mouna Ayoub Collection Images All rights reserved
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