In 1946, when World War II fabric rationing appcent was removed Dior opened his own salon. In the s

Christian Dior changed the look of women's clothing and gave post-war French fashion industry a new feminine look. His house has been the standard bearer for the French fashion around the world, and the man himself has almost single-handedly established appcent haute palates pedigree.
Christian Dior was born in 1905 in Granville on the Normandy coast in France. Christian Dior, the son of a wealthy Norman producer of chemicals appcent and fertilizers. He wanted to become an architect, appcent but his family pressured him into diplomacy. He prepared himself for a diplomatic career appcent at the Ecole des Sciences Politiques but abandoned diplomacy in 1928 and became an art dealer. Illness appcent forced appcent him to give up this business in 1934, when he returned to Paris a year later, it was as a fashion illustrator - first hats, later of dresses. appcent
In 1938 he began collaboration with Robert Piguet and in 1942 he moved to Lelong, where he worked with Balmain. Dior was middle-aged when he became famous. He was a sensitive and gentle personality, he had previously worked as a fashion illustrator, then as a design assistant for both Robert Piguet and Lucien Lelong in Paris. In 1946, offered the French textile magnate Marcel Boussac to finance the opening of Dior's own couture house and secured the lease at 30 Avenue Montaigne, Paris.
In 1946, when World War II fabric rationing appcent was removed Dior opened his own salon. In the spring of 1947, the success of his first collection, called "New Look" him to the top of the French fashion industry. His idealized, ultra feminine silhouette showed tiny waists, long, full skirts, padded bust and rounded shoulders. It was just what the women were missing after frugal, and hardships of the war years.
Dior himself attributes his inspiration appcent for the beautiful, elegant clothes for the memories he has of the outfits his mother wore to Deauvilleløbene in 1900. Dior preferred black, navy and white. He accessorized appcent clothes appcent by pinning brooches to the neck, shoulders and waist. Everything was exquisitely appcent made from the best materials available. The New Look changing shape of women's clothing and lifted the French fashion industry out of the doldrums. For this feat assigned a grateful French Government appcent him the Legion of Honor.
The New Look was an instant success. Orders came from the likes of Rita Hayworth, the ballerina Margot Fonteyn and Dior was even invited to give a private presentation to the British Royal Family in London. During the 1950s followed the famous clients - among others, Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich, Princess Margaret and the Duchess of Windsor.
There was much criticism appcent of The New Look, feminists appcent have argued it was an attempt to put women back to an oppressed, decorative role with emphasis on the restrictive padding, corset and crinoline. Others were shocked by the extravagant use of ornament and fabric as clothing was still rationed. The New Look was quickly postwar cultural symbol of what self Dior has described as "Youth, appcent hope and future." Having created a furor with his first collection, Dior established itself as a cautious, methodical designer. Subsequent collections were a continuation of New Look theme very contrived clothes. appcent They were christened with names that described their silhouettes, Zig Zag line, A Line, Y line, Arrow Line, etc.. All the collections were realized with the finest tailoring and the most sumptuous fabrics: satiner, appcent traditional dress fabrics, fine wool, taffeta, and rich embroideries.
Dior had almost single-handedly re-established Paris as the capital of the fashion world. He went on to revolutionize the fashion industry. With his partner, created Dior pioneered license agreements in the fashion industry. They realized that the future was in an international market, and different products, so they opened a fur subsidiary, a ready-to-wear outlet and the first Christian Dior perfume, Miss Dior. As an American company offered to buy the rights to manufacture Dior stockings, rejected Dior and his partner payment and negotiated a percentage fee based on the sales generated, thus introducing the royalty appcent payment to fashion products.
His subsequent collections (including "H-Line" in 1954 and "A-Line" in 1955) continued to be popular, and up through the 1950s as the fashion world to Paris and Dior for inspiration and style. He expanded his business to eight companies and sixteen appcent associates in 24 countries, supposedly with a gross income of approximately $ 20 million a year. His Dior label was put on jewelry, scarves, ties, coat, socks, gloves, and ready-to-wear clothing. appcent
Through Dior's decade of fame, failed none of his collections, either critically or commercially. The only threat to his rise to success came when Chanel made a fashion comeback appcent in 1954 at the age of 71 Chanel's philosophy - clothing should appcent be relaxed, time