Rare 1958 Christian Dior Black Silk Evening Dress Designed By Yves Saint Laurent / MediumA B O U T Created in 1958 for the Christian Dior New York Inc. ready to wear line by Yves Saint Laurent. From the time of the CD NY labels birth in 1948, the line was designed by Christian Dior and subsequent head designers. It wasn't until around 1962 that the line hired New York based designers to design for the line. So according to my research this dress was designed by a young Yves Saint Laurent around the time of his groundbreaking L'elephant