Christian Dior Silver Metal "Flower" Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Dior -Silver metal clip earrings featuring a flower centered with a red rhinestone.
1990s French Clip-on Earrings
Base Metal
Christian Dior Silver Metal "Flower" Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Dior -Silver metal clip earrings featuring a flower centered with a red rhinestone.
Base Metal
Christian Dior Vintage Gold-Tone Flower Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Elegant vintage clip earrings by Christian Dior in gold-tone metal, designed as ornate flowers with finely worked relief detail.
Gold
DIOR Rare Vintage Diamond Flower Earrings 18K Yellow Gold
By Christian Dior
Located in Honolulu, HI
Earrings Specifications: Designer: DIOR Metal: 18k Yellow Gold Total Weight: 2.7 Grams Diamond Count: 2 brilliant cut diamonds Diamond Carat Weight: ~0.60 carats Diamond Color:...
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Christian Dior 1958 Turquoise Crystals Flower Iridescent Aurora Drop Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1958 Vintage Turquoise Light Blue Beads Crystals Iridescent Aurora Flower Circle Round Elegant Drop Dangle Elegant Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very good condition.
Silver Plate
Vintage Christian Dior Cabochon Flower 18k Plated Gold Stud Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Introducing the Vintage Christian Dior Cabochon Flower 18k Plated Gold Stud Earrings, a stunning example of the brand's timeless elegance and craftsmanship.
Vintage 1968 CHRISTIAN DIOR Lucite Bouquet Flower Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage 1968 CHRISTIAN DIOR Lucite Bouquet Flower Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.49 inches (3.8 cm) Width: 1.26 inches (3.2 cm) Weight: 7 grams Features: - 100% Authentic CHRISTI...
Vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR gold plated crystals flower designer runway earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS • signed CHRISTIAN DIOR • gold plated with crystals • vintage designer runway earrings MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • excellent vintage condition with minimal signs of...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Rare Gold Flower Leaf Crystals Elegant Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Vivid Cluster Flower Leaf Crystals Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1970 Amethyst Purple Water Drop Crystals Leaf Flower Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1970 Vintage Gripoix Amethyst Purple Water Tear Drop Whole Shining Sparking Crystals Leaf Flower Elegant Dangle Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Crystals Marquise Circle Flower Openwork Domed Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Flower Marquise Circle Round Whole Sparkling Clear Crystals Openwork Dome Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Pearl Crystals Radiant Flower Snowflake Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Radiant Flower Snowflake White Pearl Crystals Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Rare Gold Curled Flower Petals Crystals Leaf Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Curled Flower Petals Whole Sparkling Crystals Leaf Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Interlocked White Round Pearl Flower Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Interlocked White Round Pearl Flower Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Blue Gold Sapphire Flower Leaf Crystals Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Cluster Sapphire Navy Blue Flower Leaf Crystals Cute Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage White Round Pearl Flower Clover Elegant Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s White Round Pearl Flower Clover Openwork Interlocked Rope Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition, maybe very light scratches, barely ...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Large Gold Lucky Clover Amethyst Crystal Flower Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Lucky Clover Amethyst Purple Clear Crystal Flower Heart Modernist Elegant Chunky Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Gold Crystals Flower White Round Pearl Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Vivid Curled Flower White Round Pearl Crystals Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Gold White Pearl Wavy Flower Crystals Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Wavy Flower White Round Pearl Crystals Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage White Pearls Crystals Flower Double Leaf Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Flower Double Leaf White Round Pearls Crystals Openwork Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1970s Vintage White Pearl Sparkling Crystals Flower Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1970s Vintage Sparkling Crystals White Round Pearl Flower Elegant Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very excellent condition.
Platinum
Christian Dior 1992 Vintage Vivid Crystals Black Blossom Flower Leaf Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1992 Vintage Vivid Black Blossom Flower Crystals Pistil Leaf Openwork Elegant Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage White Pearl Oval Crystals Flower Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Oval White Pearl Crystals Flower Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Flower Crystals Whole Shining Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Whole Shining Crystals Flourish Blossom Flower Elegant Chunky Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s White Flower Oval Pearl Sparking Crystals Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s White Flower Oval Pearl Clear Sparking Crystals Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Crystal Baroque Blossom Flower Large Oval Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Baroque Blossom Flower Large Oval Sparkling Crystal Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s White Pearl Crystals Flower Elegant Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Flourish Blossom Flower White Pearl Crystals Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1970s Vintage Large Camellia Crystals Layer Rose Flower Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1970s Vintage Large Camellia Crystals Layer Rose Flower Elegant Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer 1950 Citrine Amber Flower Crystals Openwork Earrings
By Mitchel Maer for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior by Mitchel Maer 1950s Vintage Citrine Amber Flower Crystals Rectangle Baguette Circle Openwork Elegant Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Mitchel Maer was a prominent America...
Silver Plate
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer Shining Crystals Leaf Flower Water Drop Earrings
By Mitchel Maer for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior by Mitchel Maer 1950s Flower Whole Shining Crystals Leaf Circle Marquise Water Drop Dangle Openwork Elegant Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Mitchel Maer was a prominent Am...
Silver Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Rare Massive Huge Oval Pearl White Flower Chunky Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1970s Vintage Massive Huge Large Oval White Pearl Flower Interlocked Rope Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer Emerald Lake Green Cross Flower Crystals Earrings
By Mitchel Maer for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior by Mitchel Maer Vintage 1950s Emerald Lake Green Cross Flower Crystals Rectangle Baguette Circle Openwork Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Mitchel Maer wa...
Silver Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Large Chunky Green Red Navy Relief Flower Vase Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Huge Large Red Green Navy Blue Enamel Relief Flower Vase Chunky Elegant Modernist Exquisite Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Flower Crystals Fleur De Lis Lily Leaf Silver Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage Fleur De Lis Whole Clear White Crystals Lily Flower Leaf Modenrist Elegant Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very excellent condition. 100% genuine.
Silver Plate
Christian Dior 1969 Vintage Pearl Crystal Woven Mesh Cross Flower Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1969 Vintage Woven Mesh Cross White Pearl Cluster Crystals Flower Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Red Pansy Glow Flower Crystal Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Glow Red Enamel Flower Pansy Clear Crystal Chunky Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate, Enamel
Christian Dior Vintage Large Oval Openwork Two Bird Flower Leaf Branch Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1970s Vintage Oriental Style Extra Large Oval Openwork Two Bird Leaf Branch Flower Elegant Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1950s Kramer Blue Green Sapphire Emerald Crystals Flower Earrings
By Kramer for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Kramer 1950s Vivid Sapphire Emerald Navy Blue Green Crystals Flower Leaf Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very good condition.
Rhodium
Christian Dior GROSSE 1969 Jade Emerald Flower Openwork Interlocked Earrings
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1969 Vintage Emerald Jade Green Round Ball Flower Openwork Interlocked Dome Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Rare GROSSE Gold Radiant Sun Crystals Flower Earrings
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE Vintage 1970s Radiant Sun Star Burst Crystal Flower Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1967 Lucite Flowers Vintage Necklace and Earrings Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Wigan, GB
A pretty and bright floral jewellery set by Christian Dior, dating from 1967 and manufactured in Germany for the French fashion house. Condition Report: Excellent The Details... Thi...
Christian Dior Flower Earrings #17100
By Christian Dior
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Vintage Christian Dior Flower Earrings- These elegant flower earrings by Christian Dior each feature one faux pearl and sparkling crystals.
Pearl, Rock Crystal
Vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR CD Logo Pastel Flower Rhinestone Dangling Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR CD Logo Pastel Flower Rhinestone Dangling Earrings Measurements: Height: 2.44 inches (6.2 cm) Width: 0.55 inch (1.4 cm) Weight: 3 grams Features: - 100% Auth...
Vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR CD Logo Pastel Flower Rhinestone Dangling Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR CD Logo Pastel Flower Rhinestone Dangling Earrings Measurements: Height: 2.44 inches (6.2 cm) Width: 0.55 inch (1.4 cm) Weight: 3 grams Features: - 100% Auth...
CHRISTIAN DIOR Flower Diamond & Emerald Yellow Gold Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Southampton, PA
18k Yellow Gold Flower Diamond & Emerald Earrings by Christian Dior.
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
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W 0.95 in L 1.66 in
Christian Dior 1958 Turquoise Crystals Iridescent Aurora Flower Drop Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1958 Vintage Turquoise Light Blue Beads Crystals Iridescent Aurora Flower Circle Round Elegant Drop Dangle Elegant Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very good condition.
Silver Plate
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W 0.95 in L 1.66 in
Christian Dior 1958 Turquoise Crystals Iridescent Aurora Flower Drop Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1958 Vintage Turquoise Light Blue Beads Crystals Iridescent Aurora Flower Circle Round Elegant Drop Dangle Elegant Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very good condition.
Silver Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Cluster Flower Leaf Crystals Elegant Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Vivid Cluster Flower Leaf Crystals Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
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W 0.91 in L 0.91 in
Christian Dior Vintage Flower Marquise Circle Whole Crystals Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Flower Marquise Circle Round Whole Sparkling Clear Crystals Openwork Dome Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Cluster Flower Leaf Crystals Elegant Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Vivid Cluster Flower Leaf Crystals Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
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Christian Dior Vintage Cluster Flower Leaf Crystal Elegant Gold Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage Vivid Cluster Flower Leaf Crystal Elegant Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Tribal Tribale Flower Daisy Round Ball Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
No longer produced. The Dior Tribales earrings showcase a modern and iconic design.
Gold Plate
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W 0.71 in L 0.95 in
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Oval White Pearl Crystals Flower Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Oval White Pearl Crystals Flower Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
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W 0.71 in L 0.95 in
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Oval White Pearl Crystals Flower Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Oval White Pearl Crystals Flower Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
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W 0.79 in L 0.79 in
Christian Dior Vintage Cluster Flower Leaf Crystal Elegant Gold Pierced Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine. A very beautiful pair of earrings by Chr. DIOR, signed at the back. Size: 2.0*2.0 cm. Weight: 3.0 g/each. _ _ _ Great for everyday wear. ...
Gold Plate
Dior Mise En Tribal Purple Crystal Flower Petal Stud Earrings Gold Tone
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Purple crystal Mise En Tribal flower petal Stud Earrings crafted in gold tone. These gold tone metal earrings showcase crystal flowers at the back and a petal motif on the front. Ear...
Crystal
Vintage 1967 CHRISTIAN DIOR Cluster Enamel Flower Pearl Rhinestone Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage 1967 CHRISTIAN DIOR Cluster Enamel Flower Pearl Rhinestone Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.65 inch (4.2 cm) Width: 1.10 inches (2.8 cm) Weight: 13 grams Features: - 100% A...
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W 0.83 in L 0.83 in
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Radiant Flower Snowflake Pearl Crystals Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Radiant Flower Snowflake White Pearl Crystals Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition.
Gold Plate
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Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Radiant Flower Snowflake Pearl Crystals Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Radiant Flower Snowflake White Pearl Crystals Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition.
Gold Plate
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Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Radiant Flower Snowflake Pearl Crystals Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Radiant Flower Snowflake White Pearl Crystals Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Camellia Rose Flower Whole Crystals Openwork Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Camellia Rose Flower Whole Sparkling Shining Crystals Openwork Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Camellia Rose Flower Whole Crystals Openwork Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Camellia Rose Flower Whole Sparkling Shining Crystals Openwork Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1966 Gripoix Emerald Sapphire Snowflake Flower Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1966 Gripoix Cabochon Emerald Sapphire Green Light Blue Navy Lilac Snowflake Flower Four layers Exquisite Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1966 Gripoix Emerald Sapphire Snowflake Flower Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1966 Gripoix Cabochon Emerald Sapphire Green Light Blue Navy Lilac Snowflake Flower Four layers Exquisite Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
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Christian Dior Vintage 1969 Sapphire Oval Crystal Marquise Flower Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1969 Sapphire Blue Navy Oval Sparkling Crystals Marquise Sunburst Flower Elegant Monderist Clip Earrings, Silver plated Very good condition.
Silver Plate
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Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Clover Leaf Sapphire Flower Crystals Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Clover Leaf Sapphire Blue Flower Whole Sparkling Crystals Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine.
Gold Plate
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Christian Dior Vintage 1965 White Pearls Crystal Snowflake Flower Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1965 White Pearls Circle Round Crystals Snowflake Flower Openwork Square Domed Festive Openwork Exquisite Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very good condition.
Silver Plate
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Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Curled Flower Petals Crystals Leaf Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Curled Flower Petals Whole Sparkling Crystals Leaf Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
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.
In the United States, ear piercing didn’t really become popular until the 1950s and ‘60s, but our desire for a dazzling pair of vintage earrings has deeper roots than that. In fact, wearing earrings actually goes back thousands of years, and you can find many tangible connections between now and then in how we continue to talk about these treasured accessories.
Women wore ornamental earrings — studs and hoops at the very least — in Ancient Egypt, which is home to mines that are among the earliest sources of emeralds in the world. Emerald earrings are highly prized today, and their quality lies in their rich, saturated color. The highest-quality emeralds are green or bluish-green. Earrings worn by the affluent in early Roman civilizations were set with precious stones such as diamonds and pearls, and a clean-looking pop of pearl on the front of the lobe is as timeless as ever. Hoop earrings are imbued with symbolism and cultural significance for many, and on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near Eastern Art Gallery is a pair of simple gold hoops from Mesopotamia dating to between 2600 and 2500 B.C.
Today, ear piercing is very popular all over the world, and, as a result, it is difficult to overstate how much everyone pines for a good pair of earrings — modernist drop earrings, glamorous Victorian hoops, geometrically complex chandelier earrings, you name it. Sure, jewelry trends and the fashion darlings of social media come and go, but earrings have a staying power that seems impenetrable: The still-strong love affair between British royals and Cartier earrings is more than a century old, glossy 1970s hoops from legacy houses such as Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels remain the statement makers they’ve always been and although people have been stacking earrings for many moons, the allure of an expertly mismatched stack of charms and studs still feels fresh and new.
While there is no shortage of modern earring designs to choose from, the classics, like coral earrings, Art Deco–style earrings and diamond drop earrings are still heavy hitters. On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique, new and vintage earrings today.