Christian Dior by John Galliano, 2004. Cardigan + top. Size F 40. Wool, silk
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Алматинский Почтамт, KZ
Christian Dior two-piece set, 2004 season under the direction of John Galliano.
Christian Dior by John Galliano, 2004. Cardigan + top. Size F 40. Wool, silk
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Алматинский Почтамт, KZ
Christian Dior two-piece set, 2004 season under the direction of John Galliano.
Christian Dior Pink Suede & Lace Two-Piece Set, Fall/Winter 2000
By Christian Dior
Located in CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, ZH
A rare archival ensemble from Christian Dior’s Fall/Winter 2000 collection under John Galliano, this two-piece set embodies the designer’s signature blend of romanticism and edge.
Christian Dior J’Adior Logo Knit Two-Piece Set – Bra Top & High Waist Shorts
By Christian Dior
Located in CACHAN, FR
A striking Christian Dior J’Adior two-piece knit set featuring a logo bra top and matching high-waisted shorts, crafted in Italy in a textured stretch knit with the iconic “Christian...
Christian Dior by Galliano Set Monogram Rose Y2K Rare Archive Set 2000s FR36
By Christian Dior
Located in CACHAN, FR
Rare early 2000s Christian Dior Boutique two-piece set from the iconic John Galliano era and the celebrated Dior Cherry Blossom theme.
christian dior by john galliano – spring 2001 poker star lingerie set
By Christian Dior
Located in CACHAN, FR
An exceptionally rare Christian Dior by John Galliano two-piece lingerie set from the iconic Spring 2001 collection.
John Galliano Archival Striped Knit Ensemble —'Suzy Sphinx' Collection F/W 1997
By John Galliano
Located in Woodland Hills, CA
Trinian’s schoolgirl rebellion with ancient Egyptian references — a defining moment in his early Dior-era creative peak. This two-piece set features a sleeveless V-neck cropped knit ...
1980s Christian Dior Red & Black Houndstooth Two Piece Skirt Suit Set
By Christian Dior
Located in San Francisco, CA
1980s Christian Dior Red & Black Houndstooth Two Piece Skirt Suit Set.
Vintage Dior Silk Ensemble, circa 1980s
By Christian Dior
Located in CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, ZH
This elegant vintage Dior two-piece set includes a structured silk corset top with button closures and a matching silk skirt featuring a discreet zipper closure.
Christian Dior Silk Jacquard Two-Piece Set
By Christian Dior
Located in London, GB
Christian Dior Silk Jacquard Two-Piece Set Metallic gold top and skirt set designed with floral jacquard pattern.
Christian Dior Paris Navy Wool-Silk Dress & Jacket Set FR 36 (US 4)
By Christian Dior
Located in Woodland Hills, CA
Christian Dior Paris Navy Wool-Silk Dress & Jacket Set FR 36 (US 4), Made in France Description: Chic and timeless, this Christian Dior Paris two-piece dress and jacket set is craft...
Christian Dior Renaissance Porcelain Tea Coffee Service Cream and Sugar
By Christian Dior
Located in West Hartford, CT
Rare, 1990s Christian Dior Renaissance two-piece set which includes both the sugar and creamer for this coveted china service.
Porcelain
1966 Christian Dior Numbered Couture Beaded Gown Ensemble
By Christian Dior
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Measurements Bust:33-34 inches Empire Waist:29 inches Hips:38 inches Dress Length:49 inches This stunning Christian Dior two-piece numbered 63504 set is in excellent conditi...
1950's Christian Dior Numbered Couture Floral-Silk Dress & Coat
By Christian Dior
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Measurements Dress Bust:34-35 inches Waist:26 inches Hips:39 inches Total Length:42 inches Coat Sleeve Length:16 inches Total Length:35 inches This stunning Christ...
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H 0.25 in W 0.5 in L 16 in
20th Century Gold Link "X" Chunky Necklace & Bracelet By, Christian Dior
By Christian Dior
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th Century Gold Plate "X" Link Chunky Choker Style Necklace & Bracelet By, Christian Dior. This two piece set features a choker style necklace with a "CD" detachable locking clasp...
1982 Christian Dior Sapphire-Blue Satin Strapless Numbered Couture Gown
By Marc Bohan
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Measurements Bodice Bust:33-34 inches Waist:26 inches Total Length:15 inches Skirt Waist:Free due to wrap-design Hips:Free Sweep Total Length:45 inches This stunning Ch...
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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