Archive from the queen’s dress designer excels

A Cecil Beaton sketch of Christian Dior working in his studio in Paris sold for £5200 (estimate £500-700) as part of the estate of society dress designer Ian Thomas (1929-93).

The contents of Thomas’ Cotswolds country home, inherited by a friend and largely untouched since,…

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