Outstanding 1960s Christian Dior by Marc Bohan Demi-Couture Sky Blue Silk Bombshell Dress designer-biba artisanal items

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There is light boning on the sides of the bust for light support and it is seamed to curve around and over the bust

Bodice: 10" from top of dress to true waist

You could play this silhouette up by adding a crinoline but I have styled it here without

Outstanding 1960s Christian Dior by Marc Bohan Demi-Couture Sky Blue Silk Bombshell Dress designer-biba artisanal itemsI believe this dress is from the early 1960s when Marc Bohan took over Dior. It has the Dior tag inside that would have been used in this time period. There is the possibility that it is earlier. The dress is almost completely made by hand to a Demi Couture level and has that fitted hourglass bombshell silhouette of the era. It is made out of a sky blue very high end silk. The colour is slightly paler in person than how it photoed here. The bodice is