Ad for Christian Dior girdles

Gruau p 148

René Gruau, born Conte Zavagli-Riciardelli delle Caminate in 1909, was one of last century's foremost fashion illustrators. He specialised in luxurious illustrations of high-fashion garments for the leading Couturiers of the latter half of the century. This illustration, from 1950, was an advertisement for Christian Dior girdles. It appears in the book Gruau, ed Joëlle Chariau, te Neues Publishing Co, NY, 1999. ISBN 3-8238-0998-9.

Like all his illustrations, it concentrates on style, at the expense of detail. There is one other lingerie advertisement in the book, but it is so subtle as to be almost subliminal.

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