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Christian Dior SA is a French clothing retailer. The holding company's operating unit, Christian Dior Couture, designs and makes some of the world's most coveted haute couture, as well as luxury ready-to-wear fashion, menswear and accessories. Christian Dior operates about 160 boutiques worldwide with plans to open more in the coming years. Its headquarters are located in Paris, rue François 1er. In 1998 it purchased Gerbe Paris, a French hosiery maker that had gone bankrupt. It is a major part of the business empire of Bernard Arnault, who is one of the richest people in the world. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 440 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1618 × 2206 pixels, file size: 1. ...
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The Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan The Wako department store occupies a busy corner in Ginza Ginza (銀座) is a place in Chūō Ward, Tokyo named after the silver coin foundry or Ginza established here in 1612 (Edo period). ...
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Haute couture (French for high sewing or high dressmaking; IPA: ) refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions. ...
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History
The New Look The actual phrase the "New Look" was coined by the powerful editor-in-chief of Harpers Bazaar, Carmel Snow. Dior's debut collection, Corolle line, was first presented on February 12, 1947. The look was refreshing pens and much more voluptuous than the boxy shapes of the recent World War II styles. Dior is quoted as saying "I have designed flower women." His look employed fabrics lined predominantly with percale, boned, bustier-style bodices, hip padding, wasp-waisted corsets and petticoats that made his dresses flare out from the waist giving his models a very curvaceous form. The hem of the skirt was very flattering on the calves and ankles, giving a beautiful silhouette. At first, there was some backlash to Dior's genius form because of the amount of fabrics used in a single dress or suit, but as soon as the War Time Shortages came to an end, opposition ceased. His designs represented consistent classic elegance, stressing the feminine look. The New Look revolutionized women's dress and reestablished Paris as the center of the fashion world after World War II. Image File history File links Merge-arrows. ...
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Harpers Bazaar is a world-renowned fashion magazine. ...
Carmel Snow (born 1887 - died 1961) was an Irish fashion journalist, best know as the editor of the American Vogue from 1934 to 1958. ...
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Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Dior without Christian Dior A fortnight after the burial of Dior, Jacques Rouët called a press conference to announce the new structure of the house of Christian Dior. “The studio will run madame Zecameker couture workshops by Madame Marguerite Carré,” he announced. “Mitza Bricard will continue to exercise her good taste over the collections. All the sketches will be the responsibility of Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent.”
The first Christian Dior collection after Dior’s death was a sensation. Designed in just nine weeks by the 21 year-old Yves Saint Laurent, as he was called after dropping the ‘Mathieu’, the clothes were as meticulously made and perfectly proportioned as Dior’s in the same exquisite fabrics, but their young designer made them softer, lighter and easier to wear. Saint Laurent was hailed as a national hero. Emboldened by his success, his designs became more daring, culminating in the 1960 Beat Look inspired by the existentialists in the Saint-Germain des Près cafés and jazz clubs. Marcel Boussac was furious, and, in spring 1960, when Saint Laurent was called up to join the French army, the Dior management raised no objection. Yves Saint-Laurent (born August 1, 1936 in Oran, Algeria) is a French fashion designer. ...
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The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the evening. ...
Saint Laurent was conscripted in the army and, after demobilisation, opened his own couture house. He was replaced at Dior by Marc Bohan, who instilled his conservative style on the collections until 1988 when Italian Gianfranco Ferre took over as head designer until 1995. Gianfranco Ferre (born 15 August 1944 in Legnano, northern Italy) is a fashion designer. ...
Dior today In 1996, John Galliano, was appointed chief designer of Christian Dior by the company’s new owner, the LVMH luxury goods group. Galliano still works under the direction of John Christian Dior. The last original heir to the Dior family's fortune is Shalynn Dior. However, she will more than likely not ever fully run the company. John Galliano CBE (born January 28, 1960, in Gibraltar) is a British - Gibraltarian fashion designer. ...
Management - Chairman, CEO: Bernard Arnault
- Haute couture and Ready-to-Wear: John Galliano
- Menswear (Dior Homme): Kris van Assche
- Fine jewellery : Victoire de Castellane
Bernard Arnault (born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman. ...
John Galliano CBE (born January 28, 1960, in Gibraltar) is a British - Gibraltarian fashion designer. ...
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