Christian Dior by John Galliano multicoloured striped python flares, ss 2002
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in London, GB
▪ Christian Dior exotic leather flared trousers ▪ Creative Director: John Galliano ▪ Spring-Summer 2002 ▪ Crafted from green, yellow and pink striped python ▪ Silver stud buttons e...
Christian Dior Exotic Lady Dior Blue Iridescent Gold Crocodile Leather Handbag
By Christian Dior
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
The Christian Dior Exotic Lady Dior Blue Iridescent Gold Crocodile Leather Handbag is a stunning example of luxury craftsmanship and design.
Dior Galliano Runway Fall 2009 Lizard Lace Up Heels Black Pumps 39
By John Galliano, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in San Jose, CA
Please review photos for condition details. Keywords: dior fall 2009 heels, galliano dior shoes, dior lizard pumps, christian dior runway heels, exotic leather pumps, galliano era d...
Christian Dior Black Exotic Leather Top, 2010
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Dior - (Made in France) Black exotic leather top. No size indicated ,it fits a 36FR. 2010 Spring-Summer Collection under the direction of John Galliano. Additional information: Cond...
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H 5.5 in D 1.5 in L 10.25 in
Christian Dior Malice Flap Bag Pink Python Exotic Snakeskin Leather with COA
By Christian Dior
Located in Port Saint Lucie, FL
Authentic, preowned Christian Dior Malice flap bag in pink python and leather, likely made in the 2000s.
Lady Dior Exotic Leather Bag with Silvery Metal Elements
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Dior - (Made in Italy) Exotic leather bag with silvery metal elements ornamented with rhinestones. Limited edition. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions...
Christian Dior Brown Gold Exotic Snakeskin Leather 'CD' Logo Charm Shoulder Bag
By Christian Dior
Located in Chicago, IL
Christian Dior Brown Gold Exotic Snakeskin Saddle Leather 'CD' Logo Charm Shoulder Bag Python Snakeskin Leather trim Gold tone hardware Velcro closure Woven lining Made in Italy Sh...
Dior Multicolor Mixed Exotic and Leather Lady Dior Card Holder
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This stylish and functional cardholder is a must-have in your collection. It is equipped with multiple, well-lined slots to hold your cards.
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H 7.88 in W 4.73 in L 14.18 in
Dior Brown Mixed Exotic and Leather Limited Edition 0019 Detective Bag
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Ensure your day's essentials are in order and your outfit is complete with this Dior bag. Crafted using the best materials, the bag carries the maison's signature of artful craftsman...
Christian Dior Black Leather Gold Charm Top Handle 'CD' Shoulder Flap Bag
By Christian Dior
Located in Chicago, IL
Christian Dior Black Exotic Leather Gold Charm Top Handle 'CD' Shoulder Flap Bag Ostrich leather Gold tone hardware Woven lining Shoulder strap drop 6.25" Measures 10.25" H x 8" H ...
Christian Dior “Koi” Satin Platform Mules by John Galliano, F/W 2003
By John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Paris, FR
From John Galliano’s Fall/Winter 2003 collection for Christian Dior, these platform mules epitomize the bold, theatrical craftsmanship of the era. Inspired by Japanese Koi motifs, th...
$12,248
Size: FR40 - UK12 - US6/8
John Galliano Pink Bias-Cut Satin Evening Dress with Rhinestone Straps, SS 2002
By John Galliano
Located in London, GB
John Galliano, Spring-Summer 2002. Bias-cut evening dress in rose-toned crepe-back satin. The fitted bodice features a draped cowl neckline, with rhinestone-embellished straps. The g...
Hermes Birkin 25 Rouge Exotic Lizard Bag Palladium Hardware
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
The Hermès Birkin 25 is presented here in Rouge Exotique lizard, a softened red tone that balances vibrancy with restraint. The color offers presence while remaining versatile, makin...
Oscar de la Renta Black Velvet beaded Gown, Halter Top Bodice 6
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a sexy evening gown from Oscar de la Renta. It is made of black velvet and has a fully beaded bodice. It is a halter style top, that crosses in the back. The skirt is slit up...
$7,920
H 6.9 in W 3.9 in L 9 in
Chanel Vanity Case Rare Large Vintage 90s Top Handle Black Caviar Leather Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Large Vintage Black Caviar CC Logo Top Handle Vanity Case Year: 1996 {VINTAGE 26 Years} Gold Hadware CC Stitched Logo at front Top handle Detachable crossbody strap Zip aroun...
Christian Dior Haute Couture Matrix Collection Men Skirt Automne Hiver 1999-2000
By Christian Dior, John Galliano
Located in New York, NY
Unique waxed cotton and leather "skirt" by John Galliano for Christian Dior Haute Couture. The collection from which this "skirt" derives from was presented at Versailles. Guests we...
Chanel Rugby Football Ball
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Rugby Football Ball 2007 {VINTAGE 15 Years} Very good condition
$3,990
Size: F38 fits Small, or also XS/S S/M
DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO 2003 Vintage Hardcore Red Leather Bondage Blazer Jacket
By Christian Dior
Located in Leonardo, NJ
John Galliano for Christian Dior Vintage FW03 Hardcore Dior Bondage Collection Sleek and shiny candy apple red lambskin lined in silk Shiny silver hardware Structured shoulders Size ...
$6,920
H 3.1 in W 3.9 in L 0.8 in
Chanel Waist Classic Flap Rare Vintage 90s Limited Edition Micro Mini Bronze Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Rare Vintage 90's Limited Edition Micro Mini Classic Flap Bag 1991 {VINTAGE 33 Years} Gold Hardware Bronze quilted lambskin leather CC Turnlock Leather lined interior 3.9" W ...
Herbert Levine Red Stilettos
By Herbert Levine
Located in New York, NY
Glamorous Herbert Levine Red Calf Stilettos decorated with a black "berry" and red ties. Retailed at Bonwit Teller, 1950's USA. 6.5AA, 2.75" widest across front. Very narrow.
Yves Saint Laurent by Tom Ford 2004 Chinoiserie Tuxedo Smoking Evening Suit 34
By Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Switzerland, CH
Yves Saint Laurent by Tom Ford Black Tuxedo Evening Suit An extremely rare piece from his final collection in 2004 for Yves Saint Laurent Stunning piece consisting of pants and jacke...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jewelled Heart Silk Cord Belt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage black passementerie cord belt featuring a gold and silver toned heart with crystal embellishement. One size fits all. Adjustable length. Embossed YSL Mad...
GUCCI brown Ostrich leather LARGE Shoulder Bag
By Gucci
Located in Zürich, CH
Gucci large tote bag in pale brown ostrich leather. Lined in ochre monogram canvas with one zip pocket against the back. Has been carried with some soft color transfer, bag is slight...
$445Sale Price|22% Off
Size: Refer to measurements
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Avant-Garde Hooded Dress c 21st C
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in University City, MO
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Avant-garde hooded dress The edgy boxy tunic style dress is designed with a subtle textured crinkled pattern that emulates reptile scales The unique ...
Vivienne Westwood Corset SS 1992 Runway Worn Rare Collectors black lace ICONIC
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Berlin, BE
HOLY GRAIL Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer 1992 Collection - a piece that fuses historical seduction with punk-era provocation. Rendered in semi sheer mesh and embroidered black lac...
EPIC John Galliano Evening Gown Black Silk Dress FW 08/09
By John Galliano
Located in Berlin, BE
This black silk evening gown by John Galliano, from his Fall/Winter 08/09 Collection is one of those moments: a love letter to the art of couture at its most theatrical and refined. ...
When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion. Vintage Dior bags, shoes, evening dresses, shirts and other garments and accessories are known today for their feminine and sophisticated sensibility.
Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend.
This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris.
Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. They needed to dream anew.
And Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “This changes everything.”
Dior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. They were cut and shaped like architecture, on strong foundations that molded women and “freed them from nature,” Dior said. Rather than rationing, his ladies wanted reams of fabric and 19-inch waists enforced by wire corsets, and the fashion world concurred. The debut got a standing ovation.
In the subsequent decade, Paris ruled as the undisputed fashion capital of the world, and Christian Dior reigned as its king. With the luxuriously full skirts of his New Look, suits and his drop-dead gorgeous couture dresses and ball gowns worthy of any princess, Dior gave women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of war.
On 1stDibs, find an exquisite range of vintage Christian Dior clothing, jewelry, handbags and other items.