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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."
“Not only did Yves Saint Laurent have a personal life and an extraordinary story that even rivals Christian Dior’s story, but you then get the understanding of how these fashion houses were ...
The production of Dior Haute Couture was spun off into a subsidiary named Christian Dior Couture in 1995. [10] Also, the "La Parisienne" watch model was released – embodied in the watch "Parisian Chic". By that year, revenue for the label rose to USD 177 million, with a net income of USD 26.9 million. [11]
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.
When Christian Dior presented his debut haute couture collection in 1947, introducing the world to the "New Look," the scent of Miss Dior, a fragrance named for his sister Catherine, helped to set ...
Costume designer Jenny Beavan worked with the Dior archival team in Paris to recreate famous 1950s designs for the film, which stars Lesley Manville. Bringing ’50s Dior to Life in ‘Mrs. Harris ...
Christian Dior entrusted the restoration and renovation of La Colle Noire from 1955 to the Russian architect Andreï Svetchine. [5] His friends Raymonde Zehnacker in Mougins and Marc Chagall in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Saint-Paul-de-Vence had also solicited this architect, specialized in the transformation of "rural dwellings, neither simple ...
Marcel Boussac (17 April 1889 – 21 March 1980) was a French entrepreneur best known for his ownership of the Maison Dior and one of the most successful thoroughbred race horse breeding farms in European history. Born in Châteauroux, Indre, France, Boussac made a fortune in textile manufacturing