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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 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".
Some Dior collections from this period contain themes that would appear in Saint Laurent's independent work years later, such as the smock tops and safari jackets in Dior's 1957 "Libre" line. [13] In August 1957, Dior met with Saint Laurent's mother to tell her that he had chosen Saint Laurent to succeed him as a designer.
At the game, where Swift was supporting boyfriend Travis Kelce, the singer wore the jacket with relaxed denim Agolde shorts, a black top, a black Dior saddle bag and $2,195 thigh-high Christian ...
Karl Lagerfeld, for example, designed a jacket for the spring-summer 2019 Chanel haute couture collection, with Lesage embroidery emulating a blue and white pattern seen on an 18th-century chest ...
When Christian Dior died in 1957, Cardin was one of a number of young designers mentioned by the fashion press as possible successors to Dior's enormous position in the fashion world. [17] As haute couture began to decline, ready-to-wear ('prêt-à-porter') soared as well as Cardin's designs.
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]
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