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The Glamour of Bellville Sassoon 20 September 2013 – 11 January 2014

David Sassoon working with ‘La Goulue’ a slender black slip ‘On the Town’ fringed flapper Belinda Bellville at Cadogan swept with a flurry of white flamenco mini dress, 1990 Lane, 1962 ruffles rimmed in black, 1968

Design for the going-away outfit The going-away outfit worn Design for an off-the-shoulder black The cantaloupe silk and bolero on 29 July 1981 beaded jacket with white satin collar jacket were chosen by Diana, Photograph © Rex Features and cuffs, paired with a black velvet Princess of Wales. Bellville pencil skirt, 1989. Worn by Diana, Sassoon made two jackets: one Princess of Wales. Design by Bellville long-sleeved in case of the cold. Sassoon Lorcan Mullany. . Image Credits This page: © David Sassoon. From The Glamour of Bellville Sassoon (ACC Editions) Next page: Photography by Tommaso Protti

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David Sassoon making final alterations to the Cream wool crepe coat from the Indian-inspired couture collection, ‘Rajputana’, 1971 Lent by Baroness Fiona von Thyssen

Centre: Fern-embroidered strapless cream tulle wedding dress with removable tulle fichu, 2008

Lent by Gabrielle Harris Lyons

Eau-de-Nil satin evening dress with Empire Rulo bodice and fox fur sleeves, 2006

Red evening dresses, 1997–2007

Lent by Nicky Albrechtson

Pale blue organza petal-scalloped strapless evening dress with mermaid skirt, 2011 Lent by Bellville Sassoon Lorcan Mullany

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