“The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947 – 1957”

Date: 30 May – 28 September 2009
Venue: Hong Kong Heritage Museum

More than 100 exquisite sets of dresses carefully selected from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London(The V&A), including daywear, cocktail and evening dresses made for high society and royalty, will be shown at an exhibition entitled "The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947 - 1957".

The exhibition offers visitors an insight into fashion during its most artful, imaginative and powerful decade.

Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the exhibition is jointly organised by the V&A and the Heritage Museum, supported by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau, and sponsored by Christian Dior. It is also a programme of Le French May, and a key exhibition of the Heritage Museum's "A Salute to Masters" exhibition series for 2009.

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Evening shoes for Dior, Roger Vivier Embroidered silk and sequins, late 1950s Given by Gloria Guinness ©V&A Images / Victoria and Albert Museum V&A: T.149-1974	Visitors at a glance
Showcase of exquisite sets of dresses	'Zémire' evening dress, Christian Dior Synthetic satin, late 1954 Given by Gloria Guinness ©V&A Images / Victoria and Albert Museum V&A: T.24-2007