Christian Dior
Christian
Dior was born in 1905 and died in 1957. He was born in Granville, France. His
family moved to Paris in 1911, in here Dior followed Parisian artistic
development. In 1927, Dior opened an art gallery on rue de la Boetie in Paris
after his military service. His gallery exhibited varies of works of many
contemporary artists such as Pablo Picasso, Jean Lurcat, Ossip Zadkine, and
Giorgio de Chirico. In 1931, a huge crisis came to Christian life; his mother
died, and his father completely bankrupt. Dior had to close his gallery in
Paris in a stage of no income and no place to live. A designer for couture
house called Jean Ozenne is the one who introduced Christian Dior to the
fashion industry. Dior started study fashion drawing at the age of thirty. He
sold his sketched of dresses and hats to many hat makers and couture houses.
Christian Dior personality created his first fours dresses for Robert Piguet in
Robert midseason collection. Because of Dior’s talent, Robert Piguet offered
Dior a designer position in his studio. In there, Dior created three
collections and had been success in these. In 1935, He developed his interest
in foreign markets and high-end ready to-wear. In 1946, Dior opened his own
couture house included two workshops for dresses and one for suits. The name of
Dior became very popular since the opening of his couture house. The two famous
lines of Christian Dior were Huit and Corolle (the New Look). The New Look line
played a synonymous role in 1950s fashion.
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