Christian Dior Pendant Earrings
View Similar Items
Christian Dior Pendant Earrings
About the Item
- Creator:
- Weight:7 g
- Dimensions:Length: 2.37 in (60 mm)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:unknown
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Melbourne, AU
- Reference Number:Seller: 63701stDibs: LU84734170601
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.
- Black Jade Star Aquamarine 18K Yellow Gold EarringsBy Valentin MagroLocated in New York, NYBlack jade is the gem of choice cut in a star shape for a bold statement. 18k yellow gold accents the tips of each of the five points, as well as in the cen...Category
2010s American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
MaterialsAquamarine, Jade, Black Jade, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
- Golden Keshi Pearl 18K Yellow Gold Cluster EarringsBy Valentin MagroLocated in New York, NYFlowers illustrated in gold toned Keshi pearls. Five pearls form a cluster, producing a delicate warm luster at every angle. Their 18k yellow gold settings provide another flicker of...Category
2010s American Artisan Clip-on Earrings
MaterialsNatural Pearl, Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
- Madeira Citrine, Montana Agate, Diamond 18K Yellow Gold Drop EarringsBy Valentin MagroLocated in New York, NYValentin Magro Checkerboard Citrine Montana Agate Drop Earrings show off the beauty of orange. Their uppers consist of round citrines with checkerboard f...Category
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
MaterialsAgate, Citrine, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
- 18K Yellow Gold Round White Pearl and Diamond Spin Clip-on EarringsBy Valentin MagroLocated in New York, NYWhite pearls are the heart of this motif. Rotating around the pearl, 18k yellow gold ribbons create an openwork hexagon. Every other ribbon is pave set with diamonds for a glistening...Category
Early 2000s American Clip-on Earrings
MaterialsDiamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
- Black Jade Cushion Drop 18K Yellow Gold EarringsBy Valentin MagroLocated in New York, NYThe intensity of black jade is enhanced by the brilliance of 18k yellow gold for these drop earrings. Beginning with a cushion carving of black jade turned ...Category
2010s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
MaterialsJade, Black Jade, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
- 18K Yellow Gold Keshi Pearl and Diamond Cluster EarringsBy Valentin MagroLocated in New York, NYBotanical motifs are visualized by pearls and diamonds. Five South Sea keshi pearls, prized for their unique creation and nacre bodies, are arranged in a circle. The 18k yellow gold ...Category
2010s American Romantic Clip-on Earrings
MaterialsSouth Sea Pearl, White Diamond, Natural Pearl, Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Go...
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.