"Happiness is the secret to all beauty. There is no beauty without happiness"
Christian Dior
Christian Dior ( 1905-1957) was born in Granville, France. Dior was the founder of one of the worlds leading fashion houses and is also considered as one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Christian always had a desire for fashion design and by the early 40's after serving the military Dior joined the fashion house of Lucien Lelong. As did majority of the fashion houses that pulled their business through the war, Christian along side is partners designed for the wives of Nazi officers and French collaborators so that they were able to save their trade in such circumstances. Soon after the World War II had ended Christian Dior opened his own fashion house and introduced his first collection with a completely 'new look'. He took a completely different approach to designs and set a shift in fashion. Soft shoulders, full skirts and pinched waists was a new and refreshing image. Dior was a perfectionist in his craftsmanship. His post war designs went that step further adapting even more volume and creating structure to the silhouette. Christian Dior was a master at creating shapes, a sculptor in his own right.
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