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Christian Dior

French fashion designer (1905-1957) · France · Designers · Died at 52

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He gave postwar Paris a new silhouette - rounded shoulders, nipped waist, skirts that swallowed fabric and revived an industry still in rationing. The "New Look" landed in 1947 like a provocation, and within a decade his name was on five continents.

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A life in dates

1957Died24 October 1957“My dream is to save women from nature.”In their wordsIn: Newsweek, Vol. 50, Nr 19-26, (1957), p. 44

1956“Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.”In their wordsApril 1956Quoted in Ladies' Home Journal, April 1956

1950Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1949“I know very well the women. The short skirt was never a good fashion - very vulgar. The American women will accept the new fashions. You can never stop the fashions.”In their wordsIn: Malcolm Perrine McNair, ‎Harry L. Hansen (1949) Problems in Marketing. p. 165

1948“I'm a mild man, but I have violent tastes.”In their words1 March 1948In: "Dior," in LIFE, ‎Vol. 24, nr. 9 (1 March 1948), p. 48

1947“It is unforgivable to do what one doesn't love especially if one succeeds.”In their wordsChristian Dior The opulence of the groundbreaking “New Look” collection of 1947. p. 36, as cited in: Judith Miller (2008). Costume

1905Born21 January 1905

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  1. My dream is to save women from nature.

    1957, In: Newsweek, Vol. 50, Nr 19-26, (1957), p. 44, Own words

  2. Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.

    Apr 1956, Quoted in Ladies' Home Journal, April 1956, Own words

  3. I know very well the women. The short skirt was never a good fashion - very vulgar. The American women will accept the new fashions. You can never stop the fashions.

    1949, In: Malcolm Perrine McNair, ‎Harry L. Hansen (1949) Problems in Marketing. p. 165, Own words

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Awards

Knight of the Legion of Honour1950
Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy

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Christian Ernest Dior was born 21 January 1905 in France. During World War II, his skills kept him employed designing for fashion icons while the industry fought to survive. After the war he founded his own house and in 1947 debuted the collection that changed everything: the "New Look," with its rounded shoulders, cinched waist, and very full skirt - a return to opulence and ultra-femininity that split opinion and won. Within ten years, Christian Dior SE had gained prominence on five continents. He died 24 October 1957, but the awards for costume design kept coming long after.

Country
France
Category
Designers
Type
Designer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1957 · aged 52

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