Woman Modelling Dior Taffeta Dinner Ensemble

(Original Caption) Christian Dior uses the flattering Basque line to interpret the fall, 1951, silhouette. In a black taffeta dinner ensemble. Rounded hip and shoulder lines, tiny waist, and high bustline are achieved with a short, fitted jacket atop a voluminous gored skirt. Dior completes the ensemble with a romantic, matching picture hat whose brim showers uncurled ostrich feathers flatteringly toward the face.