Dior "Y" Dress: Between the Elephants

Excerpt from the Met Costume Institute

Evening dress

fall/winter 1955–56

House of Dior French

Exemplifying Dior's faultless minimalism of 1955, this simple black column, contrasting matte velvet against satin, anticipates a form of evening dress that has continued to the present. The stability of the off-the-shoulder neckline is accomplished by the hand shaping of the fabric rather than by any rigid understructure.