Dior's Ball Dress

“In Paris, where the big season is May through July, ball dresses, such as this on (photographed at the Paris Opera), will float like pale bells over parquet floors, terraced flags, in garden marquees. Dior’s evening costume—a Nattier blue satin loose-coat, the dress, multi-multiple layers of white tulle and faille, definitely up in front, a tiny train in back.”