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Christian Dior by John Galliano Cadillac Montaigne Saddle Bag
Christian Dior by John Galliano Cadillac Montaigne Saddle Bag

Christian Dior by John Galliano Cadillac Montaigne Saddle Bag

By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in PUTNEY, NSW

Brand: Christian Dior by John Galliano Product Name: Cadillac Montaigne Saddle Bag Product Description: Introducing the Christian Dior by John Galliano Cadillac Montaigne Saddle Bag...

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CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO Cadillac License Plate Pendant Necklace
CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO Cadillac License Plate Pendant Necklace

CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO Cadillac License Plate Pendant Necklace

By Christian Dior

Located in Nice, FR

CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO gold tone ball chain necklace featuring a large Cadillac license plate pendant embossed MONTAIGNE CHRIS 1947 CD.

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UNWORN Christian Dior by John Galliano 2001 Chris 1947 Cadillac Denim Saddle Bag
UNWORN Christian Dior by John Galliano 2001 Chris 1947 Cadillac Denim Saddle Bag

UNWORN Christian Dior by John Galliano 2001 Chris 1947 Cadillac Denim Saddle Bag

By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Switzerland, CH

A very rare Cadillac denim bag designed by John Galliano for Christian Dior Fall 2001 collection Featured on the runway and in the AD campaign Special piece, produced in a very limit...

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Christian Dior Black Red Leather Cadillac 1947 Montaigne Handbag
Christian Dior Black Red Leather Cadillac 1947 Montaigne Handbag

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By Christian Dior

Located in Rome, Rome

The certificate will be provided at no further cost CHRISTIAN DIOR 'Cadillac' bag by John Galliano. Crafted in perforated black leather with red patent leather trim and handles.

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CHRISTIAN DIOR white leather & red patent CADILLAC SADDLE Shoulder Bag
CHRISTIAN DIOR white leather & red patent CADILLAC SADDLE Shoulder Bag

CHRISTIAN DIOR white leather & red patent CADILLAC SADDLE Shoulder Bag

By Christian Dior

Located in Zürich, CH

Christian Dior Vintage 'Cadillac' saddle bag in quilted white calfskin and a strawberry red patent leather featuring silver leather trim.

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Christian Dior Saddle Cadillac bag by John Galliano Fall 2001
Christian Dior Saddle Cadillac bag by John Galliano Fall 2001

Christian Dior Saddle Cadillac bag by John Galliano Fall 2001

By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

DIOR - 2001 Fall ready-to-wear Collection under the artistic direction of John Galliano.

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S/S2001 Christian Dior by John Galliano iconic Cadillac bag
S/S2001 Christian Dior by John Galliano iconic Cadillac bag

S/S2001 Christian Dior by John Galliano iconic Cadillac bag

By John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Part of the iconic Cadillac collection from the early 2000s, this piece draws direct inspiration from the sleek curves and chrome detailing of vintage 1950s automobiles, embodying th...

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Dior ‘Cadillac’ Shoulder Bag, Pink/White Leather, John Galliano, S/S 2001
Dior ‘Cadillac’ Shoulder Bag, Pink/White Leather, John Galliano, S/S 2001

Dior ‘Cadillac’ Shoulder Bag, Pink/White Leather, John Galliano, S/S 2001

By Christian Dior

Located in Paris, Paris

Designed by John Galliano for Christian Dior’s Spring/Summer 2001 collection, the “Car” bag captures the designer’s fascination with 1950s Americana and automotive elegance.

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CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO Gold Tone Cadillac License Plate Brooch
CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO Gold Tone Cadillac License Plate Brooch

CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO Gold Tone Cadillac License Plate Brooch

By Christian Dior

Located in Nice, FR

CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO gold tone brooch featuring the Cadillac license plate embossed MONTAIGNE CHRIS 1947 CD.

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2001 Christian Dior Cadillac Top Handle Bag by John Galliano
2001 Christian Dior Cadillac Top Handle Bag by John Galliano

2001 Christian Dior Cadillac Top Handle Bag by John Galliano

By Christian Dior

Located in Paris, FR

John Galliano for Dior 2001 Cadillac bag in black lambskin leather Good condition , some light signs of use Size 35x18 cm

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Christian Dior 1947 Cadillac Shoulder Bag
Christian Dior 1947 Cadillac Shoulder Bag

Christian Dior 1947 Cadillac Shoulder Bag

By Christian Dior

Located in Antwerp, BE

Christian Dior 1947 Cadillac Shoulder Bag This vintage and iconic Christian Dior by John Galliano Cadillac license shoulder bag is your ideal everyday bag.

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Dior Trailer Trash Cadillac Car Saddle Bag Black Red

By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Montreal, Quebec

This Cadillac car saddle bag, from the 2004 collection by John Galliano, is crafted from a combination of black quilted leather and smooth red patent leather. It features silver-tone...

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F/W 2001 Christian Dior John Galliano Plunging Cadillac Car Print Swimsuit
F/W 2001 Christian Dior John Galliano Plunging Cadillac Car Print Swimsuit

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By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Yukon, OK

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2001 Christian Dior Cadillac Top Handle Bag by John Galliano
2001 Christian Dior Cadillac Top Handle Bag by John Galliano

2001 Christian Dior Cadillac Top Handle Bag by John Galliano

By Christian Dior

Located in Paris, FR

John Galliano for Dior 2001 Cadillac bag in blakc lambskin leather and red patented leather Good condition , some light signs of use Size 35x18 cm

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By Christian Dior

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Christian Dior for sale on 1stDibs

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.

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