Diors biography

Christian Dior (Granville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, 21 January – Montecatini, Italy, 24 October ), was the leading Frenchfashion designer of the post-war world.

He was the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, the House of Dior (now Christian Dior).

Career

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During the German occupation of France in World War II, Christian Dior dressed up the wives of Nazi officers and French collaborators.

On 8 October he founded his own fashion house, backed by Marcel Boussac, which became the cotton-fabric magnate.

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The New Look

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For his first collection, in early , the phrase The New Look was coined by Harper's Bazaar, the fashion monthly. Dior's designs were more voluptuous than the economy shapes of World War II, when fabric was rationed.^[1]

Dior was a master at creating shapes and silhouettes; he said "I have designed flower women".

His look employed fabrics lined with percale (a clo