Bar suit
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The Bar suit is Christian Dior’s iconic 1947 tailored jacket-and-skirt ensemble that epitomized the revolutionary “New Look” with its cinched waist and full, mid-calf skirt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bar suit canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11858959 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bar suit Context triple: [New Look silhouette, notableExampleGarment, Bar suit]
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A.
Twombly
Twombly is the surname of the prominent American Twombly family, associated with Gilded Age wealth and social prominence through figures such as Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly.
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B.
Praetor Suit
The Praetor Suit is the heavily armored, technologically advanced combat armor worn by the Doom Slayer in the Doom video game series, enhancing his strength, resilience, and demon-slaying capabilities.
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C.
The Litigators
The Litigators is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a small, struggling law firm drawn into a high-stakes mass tort lawsuit.
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D.
A Civil Action
A Civil Action is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr, later adapted into a film, that chronicles a landmark environmental pollution lawsuit in Woburn, Massachusetts.
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E.
Case Nuove
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bar suit Target entity description: The Bar suit is Christian Dior’s iconic 1947 tailored jacket-and-skirt ensemble that epitomized the revolutionary “New Look” with its cinched waist and full, mid-calf skirt.
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A.
Twombly
Twombly is the surname of the prominent American Twombly family, associated with Gilded Age wealth and social prominence through figures such as Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly.
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B.
Praetor Suit
The Praetor Suit is the heavily armored, technologically advanced combat armor worn by the Doom Slayer in the Doom video game series, enhancing his strength, resilience, and demon-slaying capabilities.
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C.
The Litigators
The Litigators is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a small, struggling law firm drawn into a high-stakes mass tort lawsuit.
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D.
A Civil Action
A Civil Action is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr, later adapted into a film, that chronicles a landmark environmental pollution lawsuit in Woburn, Massachusetts.
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E.
Case Nuove
Case Nuove is a small locality in northern Italy that forms a frazione of the municipality of Somma Lombardo in the Lombardy region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fashion ensemble
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iconic garment ⓘ women's suit ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bar jacket and skirt ensemble ⓘ |
| archivalStatus | preserved in museum collections ⓘ |
| associatedWithDecade |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ |
| createdFor |
Christian Dior haute couture
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linked to:
Christian Dior
|
| criticizedFor | extravagant use of fabric after wartime rationing ⓘ |
| designer | Christian Dior ⓘ |
| displayedAt |
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
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linked to:
Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London ⓘ
linked to:
Victoria and Albert Museum
|
| fashionMovement |
New Look
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linked to:
New Look silhouette
|
| fashionShow |
Christian Dior 1947 debut collection
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linked to:
Christian Dior
|
| garmentCategory | tailored daywear ensemble ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
skirt
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tailored jacket ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | icon of 20th-century fashion ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | marked the beginning of Dior's dominance in couture ⓘ |
| inFashionCanon | key example of the New Look silhouette ⓘ |
| influenced | 1950s women's fashion silhouettes ⓘ |
| inspired | later Dior reinterpretations of the Bar jacket ⓘ |
| introducedByFashionHouse | House of Dior ⓘ |
| introducedInCity | Paris ⓘ |
| introducedInSeason | Spring 1947 collection ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| jacketStyle | peplum jacket ⓘ |
| originCountry | France ⓘ |
| partOfCollection |
Christian Dior New Look
ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Dior
|
| praisedFor | redefining luxury in postwar fashion ⓘ |
| referencedIn | fashion history literature ⓘ |
| silhouetteFeature |
accentuated bust
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cinched waist ⓘ rounded shoulders ⓘ |
| skirtLength | mid-calf ⓘ |
| skirtShape | full skirt ⓘ |
| skirtSupport | multiple petticoats ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
femininity in mid-20th-century fashion
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post-World War II fashion renewal ⓘ |
| typicalJacketColor | ivory ⓘ |
| typicalMaterials |
silk
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wool ⓘ |
| typicalSkirtColor | black ⓘ |
| waistConstruction | boned and padded structure ⓘ |
| waistEmphasis | hourglass silhouette ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bar suit Description of subject: The Bar suit is Christian Dior’s iconic 1947 tailored jacket-and-skirt ensemble that epitomized the revolutionary “New Look” with its cinched waist and full, mid-calf skirt.
Referenced by (2)
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