| Christian Dior | |
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| Born | January 21, 1905 Granville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France |
| Died | October 23, 1957 (aged 52) Montecatini, Tuscany, Italy |
Christian Dior (January 21, 1905 – October 23, 1957), was an influential French fashion designer, probably best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses Dior. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Granville is a coastal commune of the Manche (French name for the Channel) département, in France. Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Fashion design is the Applied art dedicated to Clothing and lifestyle Accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time Christian Dior SA (more commonly known as Dior) is a French clothing retailer under control of the LVMH group He was born in Granville, Normandy, a seaside town off the coast of France. Dior flagship boutiques are found in Paris, Milan, Rome, London, New York, Beverly Hills, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Boston, Honolulu, San Francisco, São Paulo, Seoul, Madrid, Miami, Barcelona, New Delhi, and Shanghai. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million
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Early life
Acceding to his parents' wishes, Dior attended the École des Sciences Politiques from 1920 to 1925. The family, Safari, whose fortune was derived from the manufacture of fertilizer, had hopes he would become a diplomat, but Dior only wished to be involved in the arts. After leaving school he received money from his father so that in 1928 he could open a small art gallery, where he sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Max Jacob. Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (October 25 1881 &ndash April 8 1973 Max Jacob ( July 12, 1876 &ndash March 5, 1944) was a French Poet, painter, Writer, and critic After a family financial disaster that resulted in his father losing his business, Dior was forced to close the gallery. From 1938 he worked with Robert Piguet and later joined the fashion house where he and Pierre Balmain were the primary designers. Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (b St Jean de Maurienne France May 18, 1914 &ndash Paris France June 29, 1982) was a French In 1945 he went into business for himself, backed by Marcel Boussac, the cotton-fabric magnate. Marcel Boussac ( April 17, 1889 – March 21, 1980) was a French entrepreneur best known for his ownership of the Maison Dior
The "New Look"
The actual name of the line was corolle (French for "corolla" or, roughly, "petal"), but the phrase "New Look" was coined by Carmel Snow, the powerful editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people A petal (from Ancient Greek petalon "leaf" "thin plate" regarded as a highly modified leaf is one member or part of the corolla A petal (from Ancient Greek petalon "leaf" "thin plate" regarded as a highly modified leaf is one member or part of the corolla Carmel Snow ( Dalkey, Ireland, 27 August 1887 - New York City, New York, 1961 was the influential editor of the American Harper's Bazaar is a well-known American Fashion Magazine, first published in 1867 Dior's designs were more voluptuous than the boxy, fabric-conserving shapes of the recent World War II styles, influenced by the rations on fabric. [1] He was a master at creating shapes and silhouettes; 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. Percale is a closely woven plain-weave fabric often used for bed linens The hem of the skirt was very flattering on the calves and ankles, creating a beautiful silhouette. Initially, women protested because his designs covered up their legs, which they had been unused to because of the previous limitations on fabric. There was also some backlash to Dior's designs form due to the amount of fabrics used in a single dress or suit--during one photo shoot in a Paris market, the models were attacked by female vendors over the profligacy of their dresses--but opposition ceased as the wartime shortages ended. The New Look revolutionized women's dress and reestablished Paris as the center of the fashion world after World War II
Personal life
Dior died at the health spa town Montecatini, Italy. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Some reports say that he died of a heart attack after choking on a fish bone. [2] Time magazine's obituary stated that he died of a heart attack after playing a game of cards. [3] However, the Paris socialite and Dior acquaintance Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Rédé stated in his memoirs that contemporary rumor had it that the fashion designer succumbed to a heart attack after a strenuous sexual encounter. Alexis von Rosenberg 2nd Baron de Rédé (4 February 1922 &ndash 8 July 2004 was a prominent Aristocratic Aesthete, collector of French eighteenth-century furnishings
As Cathy Horyn wrote in The New York Times about the designer, "Many men had slept with Dior, but few had wanted to become his lover. " Horyn quotes Francine du Plessix Gray as saying that "there is the myth that his boyfriends only slept once with Dior because he was plain and not that sexually appealing. "[4] His companion at the time of his death was the Algerian-born singer Jacques Benita (born 1930). [5] In the early 1950s his companion was Jacques Tiffeau (1929-1988), a hustler who eventually became a fashion designer and winner of a Coty Award in 1960. The Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards is the highest praise that can be awarded in Clothing and is often referred to as the " Oscars " of the clothing [4]
In popular culture
In 2003, Christian Dior Company donated to the Aaliyah Memorial Fund. Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16 1979 – August 25 2001 better known as Aaliyah (əˈliːə was a Grammy -nominated American Singer In 2006, singer Morrissey released a song titled "Christian Dior" as a b-side to the single "In the Future When All's Well. " The song uses Dior's life as a comparison to the songwriter's life, where he seems to believe both have been wasted perfecting a single thing (Dior with fashion, Morrissey with music) and ignored all the good things life had to offer.
References
- ^ Grant, L. (September 22, 2007), “Light at the end of the tunnel”, The Guardian, <http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/fashion/story/0,,2173471,00.html>. Retrieved on 23 September 2007
- ^ “Christian Dior”, Design Museum, <http://www.designmuseum.org/design/christian-dior>. Retrieved on 7 March 2008
- ^ “Time news”, Time, <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867898-1,00.html>. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Retrieved on 7 March 2008
- ^ a b Cathy Horyn (August 17, 2003), “The Hustler”, New York Times, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE4DE1631F934A2575BC0A9659C8B63>. Retrieved on 2 June 2008
- ^ Blanks, Tim (August 18, 2002), “The Last Temptation Of Christian”, New York Times, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DEFDD103AF93BA2575BC0A9649C8B63>. Retrieved on 7 March 2008
External links
- Christian Dior Official Website
- Christian Dior Biography
- Sewing patterns by Christian Dior
- 'Bar' Suit and Hat. Victoria and Albert Museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection Retrieved on 2007-11-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare
- Zémire evening ensemble. Victoria and Albert Museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection Retrieved on 2007-11-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St
- Photos of Dior and Samples of New Look Fashion
- Interactive timeline of couture houses and couturier biographies. Victoria and Albert Museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection
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