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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 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 ...
At the age of 21, Yves Saint Laurent was officially designated to succeed Christian Dior, who had died on October 24, as the head designer of Dior. [ 117 ] 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash : A flying boat crash on the Isle of Wight left 45 people dead.
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.
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.
On the day of his death, in 1972, Women's Wear Daily ran the headline "The King is Dead". Since 2011 the purpose-built Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum has exhibited examples of his work in his birth town Getaria. Many of the 1,200 pieces in the collection were supplied by his pupil Hubert de Givenchy and clients such as Grace Kelly.
Jean Mary Dawnay, Princess George Galitzine MBE (22 March 1925 – 14 December 2016) was a British fashion model, television personality, stage and film actress, who worked for Christian Dior. [ 1 ] Early life
Antoine Arnault (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan aʁno]; born 4 June 1977) is a French businessman who is the vice-chairman and CEO of Christian Dior SE. He is the second child and eldest son of billionaire Bernard Arnault, who controls LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The Arnault family is the second-wealthiest in the world.