christian dior

 

  • Post-war, he founded and established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the “New Look”.

  • [25] The “New Look” revolutionized women’s dress and reestablished Paris as the centre of the fashion world after World War II,[26][27] as well as making Dior a virtual arbiter
    of fashion for much of the following decade.

  • [28] Dior’s collection was an inspiration to many women post war, and helped them regain their love for fashion.

  • Christian Ernest Dior (French: [kʁistjɑ̃ djɔʁ]; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world’s top fashion
    houses, Christian Dior SE, which is now owned by parent company LVMH.

  • “[2][dead link] Dior’s skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War II.

  • For the duration of World War II, Dior, as an employee of Lelong, designed dresses for the wives of Nazi officers and French collaborators, as did other fashion houses that
    remained in business during the war, including Jean Patou, Jeanne Lanvin, and Nina Ricci.

  • [6] In search of work, Dior created fashion sketches and ended up selling them.

  • “[10][11] One of his original designs for Piguet, a day dress with a short, full skirt called “Cafe Anglais”, was particularly well received.

  • [8][9] Whilst at Piguet, Dior worked alongside Pierre Balmain, and was succeeded as house designer by Marc Bohan – who would, in 1960, become head of design for Christian
    Dior Paris.

  • [23] The house employed Pierre Cardin as head of its tailoring atelier for the first three years of its existence,[24] and it was Cardin who designed the 1947 Bar suit for
    Dior.

  • The gallery was closed three years later, following the deaths of Dior’s mother and brother, as well as financial trouble during the Great Depression that resulted in his
    father losing control of the family business.

  • In 1928, Dior left school and received money from his father to finance a small art gallery, where he and a friend sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso.

  • Dior’s family had hoped he would become a diplomat, but Dior wished to be involved in art.

  • [citation needed] The Dior fashion house In 1946, Marcel Boussac, a successful entrepreneur, invited Dior to design for Philippe et Gaston, a Paris fashion house launched
    in 1925.

  • [33][34] In 1955, the 19-year-old Yves Saint Laurent became Dior’s design assistant.

  • [15] Dior refused, wishing to make a fresh start under his own name rather than reviving an old brand.

 

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