purple sweater dress Tinúviel Tumble dry low cranberrytantrums on LTK

It was based on a sketch made by a just-out-of-school costume designer named Bob Mackie and then created by famed Hollywood costume designer Jean Louis

A fashion journalist who attended Diors Paris Zig Zag opening wrote in a February 19th, 1948 column for Womens Wear Daily titled Dior Silhouette Acclaimed Again, Combining Slim, Stiffened Lines, that Despite gowns of limitless yardage, and rich costume jewelry and embroideries, the general impression is modern and wearable. Dior was perfectly on-trend for the fashions of 1948

There is a sheer illusion detail carried from the cap sleeve to the open back, where it is fastened by three covered buttons at the neck

Long, fitted sleeves