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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."
The Spring-Summer 2004 Christian Dior haute couture collection was designed by John Galliano and presented on January 19, 2004 in Paris. It was inspired by Galliano's then recent travels to Egypt. (Ethnic influences are often prominent in Galliano's work.) The collection was one of Galliano's most celebrated collections for Dior. [1]
The term was first used by the French couture designer Christian Dior as the label for his collection of spring 1955. [2] The A-Line collection's feature item, then the "most wanted silhouette in Paris", was a "fingertip-length flared jacket worn over a dress with a very full, pleated skirt".
In Paris Jaxon worked for Yves Saint Laurent, as well as under Marc Bohan at Christian Dior before being hired by Jean-Louis Scherrer in 1969, becoming creative director of the Scherrer atelier at the age of 28. [3] Jaxon returned to New York City in the mid-1970s and started his own clothing brand, with a focus on high-end sportswear. [1]
In 2019, the dress was loaned from the London Museum to the V&A Museum, as part of 'Dior in Britain' exhibition, covering the impact of his 'New Look'. [ 12 ] [ 1 ] A gala was held in January to mark the exhibit, attended by Princess Margaret's children, Lady Sarah Chatto and David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon . [ 2 ]
"The New Look," debuting Wednesday on Apple TV+, examines Christian Dior's connection to the French Resistance and Coco Chanel's role as a Nazi agent in World War II.
OMG! On Thursday, October 27, Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt rewore one of mom’s Dior dresses for the UK premiere of Marvel Studios’ Eternals — and the 15-year-old looked like ...
From 1958 to 1960 Bohan designed for the Christian Dior, London line. In September 1960, Dior's creative director Yves Saint Laurent was called up for military service; Bohan was promoted to replace him. [3] His deceptively simple, elegant designs drew their inspiration from the 1920s, and rejected the extremes of contemporary fashion.