hautecoutureoverdose: ”Venus” dress by Christian Dior, 1949 Gray silk net embroidered with feather-shaped opalescent sequins, rhinestones, simulated pearls, and paillettes. This extraordinary ball gown by Christian Dior, of foggy gray silk tulle, arrayed with an overlay of scallop-shaped petals, is called “Venus.” The bodice and shell forms of its skirt are embellished with nacreous paillettes …