Petit Dîner
Haute Couture Fall-Winter 1948, Ailée line
The fashion shows of the house of Dior, when it opened, included between fifty and two hundred designs and lasted more than two hours.
Those closest to the couture house are packed together on the staircase at 30 Avenue Montaigne to see the show.
Cab coat, Haute Couture Fall-Winter 1950 collection, Oblique line.
In the life of a woman who followed fashion at the time, and particularly the “Parisienne,” each moment of the day had its specific outfit(s). This included morning suits, afternoon dresses, cocktail dresses, dinner dresses, dancing dresses, evening dresses, and ball gowns. Each type of dress would correspond to a type of fabric, a line and a specific length, as defined according to the codes of etiquette and elegance of the time.
Morning suits, promenade suits, housecoats, day dresses, afternoon dresses, cocktail dresses, dinner dresses, dancing dresses, evening dresses, ballgowns, special dresses and formal dresses.
The 87th look in the Fall-Winter 1948 collection was the Petit Dîner dress from the Ailée line.
This black faille “end-of-day” dress was very simple in its cut. The waist was belted with a drape. The fullness of the fabric bubbled over a simple straight skirt, one of the distinctive features of the Ailée line.
© Laziz Hamani ; © Association Willy Maywald/ADAGP, Paris 2022 ; Collection Dior Héritage, Paris
