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On 12 February 1947, Christian Dior, aged 42, presented his first collection at 30 Avenue Montaigne, which was strewn with flowers by Lachaume. The Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar, Carmel Snow, strongly believed in the couturier's talent, which she had already noted in 1937 with the Café Anglais model that he designed for Robert Piguet.
The name of the line of his first collection, presented on 12 February 1947, [23] was Corolle (literally the botanical term corolla or circlet of flower petals in English). Dior's debut collection included a launch of 90 garments displayed in outfits. [24] The phrase New Look was coined for it by Carmel Snow, the editor-in-chief of Harper's ...
On 12 February 1947, Christian Dior launched his first fashion collection for Spring–Summer 1947. The show of "90 models of his first collection on six mannequins" was presented in the salons of the company's headquarters at 30 Avenue Montaigne. [10] Originally, the two lines were named "Corolle" and "Huit". [10]
Dior and I (French: Dior et moi) is a 2014 French documentary film written and directed by Frédéric Tcheng about designer Raf Simons' creative work for Christian Dior S.A. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 17 April 2014. [ 2 ]
“The New Look" on Apple TV+ focuses on the lives of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and offers an unflinching look at the decisions and moral compromises they made to survive during the Nazi ...
Like many other designers today, Cardin decided in 1994 to show his collection only to a small circle of selected clients and journalists. After a break of 15 years, he showed a new collection to a group of 150 journalists at his bubble home in Cannes. [25] A biography titled Pierre Cardin, his fabulous destiny was written by Sylvana Lorenz. [30]
Sarah Jessica Parker Charles Sykes/Shutterstock Vintage finds! Sarah Jessica Parker’s fabulous fashion on the Sex and the City revival, And Just Like That, is simply the gift that keeps on giving.
Miss Dior dates to 1947, shortly after the Christian Dior fashion line debuted its acclaimed New Look collection. [1] The fragrance's name was a tribute to the designer's sister, French resistance fighter Catherine Dior , familiarly known as Miss Dior. [ 2 ]