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Christian Ernest Dior (French: [kʁistjɑ̃ djɔʁ]; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade."
She is the elder child of Bernard Arnault from his first wife, Anne Dewavrin. She has a younger brother, Antoine Arnault , as well as three half-brothers from her father's second marriage. Between the ages of seven and ten, Arnault and her family lived in New Rochelle, New York , where she and her brother attended a French-American school.
Christian Dior named his first perfume— Miss Dior—after his little sister. Catherine was also in attendance at her brother’s funeral but I could not find any photos of her from that day.
Alla Ilchun (10 December 1926 – 6 March 1989) was a Chinese-born Kazakh-Russian fashion model who lived in France.A muse for Christian Dior, who referred to her as "his personal talisman", she was the first prominent Asian woman to model European fashions.
The first couple of seasons would focus on Dior and Chanel, “and there’s a handoff at a certain point when Dior dies” in 1957 “to Yves Saint Laurent, because Yves Saint Laurent was Dior ...
The gown was the first evening dress designed for Christian Dior by his new assistant, Yves Saint-Laurent. [4] Dovima was reputed to be the highest-paid model of her time, demanding $60 per hour when most of the top models were receiving only around $25 per hour. She became known as the "Dollar-a-Minute Girl." [1] [5]
The Gossip Girl alum showed up to a Christian Dior fashion show in Paris on Monday, Jan. 27, bringing her son, Hermès Gustaf Daniel Giersch, and marking the pair's first public appearance ...
On 12 February 1947, Christian Dior, aged 42, presented his first collection at 30 Avenue Montaigne, which was strewn with flowers by Lachaume. The Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar , Carmel Snow, strongly believed in the couturier's talent, which she had already noted in 1937 with the Café Anglais model that he designed for Robert Piguet.