1990s John Galliano for Christian Dior Fitted Check Dress designer-adrian This is wonderful and beautifully

This is wonderful and beautifully constructed piece made from a high grade silk taffeta in a deep deep pink with a washed floral screened pattern over it

Each sleeve billows hugely above the cuff

The top is a beautifully constructed bustier made of layers of silk and boning

This dress is made out of a purple silk voile that has a fine silver thread running through it

This still has its original $3300 price tag attached and was never worn

1990s John Galliano for Christian Dior Fitted Check Dress designer-adrian This is wonderful and beautifullyFrom the time period when John Galliano headed the house this is am gorgeous little dress from the main Dior line. It is a wonderful example of how he could be chic and subtle while still executing a sharply cut design. You often see a nod to the fifties and sixties in his work for Dior during this time period and never more so then here with this silhouette. It has that va voom fitted cut of the fifties and is meant to skim and highlight a girls