Gorgeous Resort 2018 Christian Dior by Maria Grazia Chiuri Stripe Knit Dress w Fringing

• The twin of this dress walked the runway as Look 38 for the 2018 resort season.
• It was made under the creative direction of Maria Grazia Chiuri.
• The show was held in the remote Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve in Calabasas, California and was star packed with Rihanna, Charlize Theron and Solange Knowles there alongside the fashion pack.
• The inspiration for the show came from the archives and Chiuri said 'she went to the archives, where she came across the house founder’s Lascaux collection of 1951, inspired by the ancient cave paintings discovered in southwestern France a decade earlier.'
• This dress is also a nod to the earlier Galliano era and the times that he did knits in a similar colourway. 
• Each dress was hand knit so no two are exactly the same.
• The dress is easy to wear and makes a huge visual impact that I love.
• It is made of a knit virgin wool that is light and feels fantastic once on the body.
• I love the horizontal stripes of colour that were meant to depict desert sunsets.
• The weave is loose and open so that you will see either your bare skin underneath or whatever you decide to wear underneath it.
• It is cut to skim over the body. The neckline is a wide boat neck and then it travels down over the bust, waist and hips, opening up to be quite flared as it reaches the hem. You can see in the reference video that this flare allows the dress to kick out around you when you move.
• The sleeves are cut to just above the elbow and they are finished with hand knotted yarn tassels in black. These circle the cuffs for pretty detail. These same hand-tied tassels are also set all the way around the hem for added movement there as well. It is just gorgeous.
• The dress is unlined and slips over the head to wear with no closures. The knit has considerable stretch. I have put the comfortable range of measurements lying flat and there may be a little bit of room beyond that once on the actual body
• Tagged a US4, GB8, FR36, IT40.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approx 15" and are 7-13" around the upper arm and is 12-14" around the cuff above the 2" fringes
Shoulders: no defined seam
Bust: 13-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17-25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 54" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD4218

Reference Photos/Video: (1-3) Resort 2018 Christian Dior Look 38, Model Zuzu Tadeushuk.  /  (4-7) Sofie Valkiers in Dior at Paris Fashion Week 2017.  /  (8) credit unknown.

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