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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Chérie

Spring/Summer 1947

Materials

Silk

House / label

House of Dior

Collection

Spring/Summer 1947

Archive reference

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 83254

Behind the design

A full-width skirt compresses thirteen and a half yards of seam allowance at the waist, creating the hip volume central to Dior's New Look.

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