Christian Dior Miss Dior Promenade Handbag Cannage Quilt Patent
View Similar Items
Christian Dior Miss Dior Promenade Handbag Cannage Quilt Patent
About the Item
- Designer:
- Dimensions:Height: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Period:
- Material Notes:crafted from pink cannage quilted patent leather
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Excellent. Faint scuffs on exterior, slight creasing underneath flap, scratches on hardware.
- Seller Location:NY, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: 37435/11stDibs: LU8426846391
Christian Dior
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.
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 evening 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.
- Chanel Hot Pink Ombre Patent Leather Brick Flap Crossbody Convertible ClutchBy ChanelLocated in Miami, FLChanel runway limited edition pink patent leather lego brick flap Year: 2014 Silver hardware One centered credit card slot Pink nylon lining Classic back ...Category
2010s Italian Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags
- Michael Kors Pink Saffiano Leather Flap 3in1 Crossbody BagBy Michael KorsLocated in Dubai, Al Qouz 2Structured, sophisticated, and stylish are some words that describe this crossbody bag! Crafted from best quality material, the creation is adorned with the label's signature appeal,...Category
2010s Indonesian Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags
- Chanel Pink Quilted Lambskin Rectangular Mini Flap BagBy ChanelLocated in Bishop's Stortford, HertfordshireChanel Pink Quilted Lambskin Rectangular Mini Flap Bag CONDITION NOTES The exterior is exceptional condition with no signs of use. The interior is in exceptional condition with no s...Category
2010s French Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags
- Chanel Pink & Green Quilted Lambskin Rectangular Mini Flap Bag with Top HandleBy ChanelLocated in Bishop's Stortford, HertfordshireChanel Pink & Green Quilted Lambskin Rectangular Mini Flap Bag with Top Handle CONDITION NOTES The exterior is exceptional condition wit...Category
2010s French Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags
- Chanel Pink & Green Quilted Lambskin Rectangular Mini Flap Bag With Top HandleBy ChanelLocated in Bishop's Stortford, HertfordshireChanel Pink & Green Quilted Lambskin Rectangular Mini Flap Bag With Top Handle Brand- Chanel Model- Rectangular Mini Flap Bag with Top H...Category
2010s French Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags
- Jacquemus Neon Pink Lambskin Leather Le Petit BambimouBy JacquemusLocated in Bishop's Stortford, HertfordshireJacquemus Neon Pink Lambskin Leather Le Petit Bambimou Brand- Jacquemus Model- Le Petit Bambimou Product Type- Crossbody, Shoulder Age- Circa 2023 Accompanied By- Jacquemus Dust Bag...Category
2010s Italian Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Too Soon for the Return of ’90s Fashion? As If
There's a renewed appreciation for the era's aesthetic, perhaps most notably among millennials seeking authentic, easy style.
14 Iconic Luxury Handbags and the Stories behind Them
When the name of a bag is as well-known as its brand, you know it's a classic.