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| Designer | Christian Dior |
| Period | 2000s |
| Type | Silk scarf |
| Hats design | |
| Colour | Blue |
| Material | 100% silk |
| Measurements | 65 x 65 cm (25.5 x 25.5 in) |
| Condition | Excellent vintage |
A square of blue silk printed with hats, the accessory Christian Dior sketched for Paris newspapers before he opened his house. The motif turns a part of the house's history into pattern.
This Christian Dior scarf dates from the 2000s. It is made in 100% silk and printed in blue with a design of hats. It measures 65 x 65 cm.
A house history told in hats.
Before opening his house, Christian Dior sold hat sketches to newspapers in Paris. Hats remained part of the complete silhouette in his collections, and Mitzah Bricard later headed the house's millinery atelier.
In 1947 the Bar suit, the best-known model of Dior's first collection, was shown with a hat. In the post-war years a hat was still considered essential to a complete outfit.
The hat motif is printed in blue, giving the square a single dominant colour. The silk is in excellent condition.
One accessory, drawn onto another.
Prints drawn from a house's own history give a scarf a second layer of meaning. Here the reference is to the millinery that accompanied Dior's earliest collections.
Christian Dior silk scarves remain a steady category among collectors of vintage accessories.
Silk can fade and its edges can wear, so condition plays a large part in how scarves are assessed.
Prints that refer to a house's own history are a recognised strand of designer scarf design.
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