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Designer two piece sets are sold as a single unit, so the top and bottom must be the same size

Shown on model in burgundy crepe satin, lined, fabric has slight stretch

In the 1954 book Talking about Fashion, Dior says: Her moods, her extremes of behaviour, her faults, her entrances, her late appearances, her theatricality, her mode of speech, her unorthodox manner of dress, her jewels, in short her presence, bring the touch of absolute elegance so necessary to the fashion house. As Ilya Parkins puts it in her book Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli: Fashion, Femininity and Modernity, Madame Bricard possessed an essential, almost inherited, understanding of the grammar of chic as something timeless, removed from the conventional split between designer and their works

July is warm and sunny, usually around 75-85F (24-29C), but somehow easier to handle than the south