The esthete that was Christian Dior has long been inspired by the heritage of French fashion – notably from the time of the court. The bow, icon of Dior, takes from that. The Duchess of Fontanges, Christian Dior And The Bow As we know, Christian Dior’s fashion owes a lot to his childhood spent in...
Her smoky eye and casual hair epitomize everything Bardot style. A style that comes first from an attitude – incandescent and spontaneous – which has set up a number of pieces in icons! In the preface to the book which celebrates Le Style Bardot , by Henry-Jean Servat, Brigitte Bardot writes: “I dressed as I did my hair,...
After the monastic allure of Chanel’s previous Couture collection, Virginie Viard says: “I wanted complexity, sophistication.” The Chanel Haute Couture 2020 Collection, Opulence And Extravagance “I was thinking of a punk princess coming out of the Palace at dawn. With a taffeta dress, voluminous hair, feathers and lots of jewelry. This collection is more inspired...
Virginie Viard has made Gabrielle Chanel’s past a chic and spiritual echo. Who was Mademoiselle Chanel? Virginie Viard wound up the thread, drew on the origins of Coco’s creativity, the purpose of her Haute Couture 2020 collection. As a child, Gabrielle Chanel, with her sisters, was dropped off by their father. The Abbey of Aubazine...
If the pandemic prevented the Haute Couture fashion shows, it nevertheless inspired at the Dior house a mini-film like an ode to the dreamed and revered couture of the house of Monsieur! The Dior Haute Couture 2020 Collection: Hellenic Fairy Tale The Dior women of the Haute Couture 2020 collection are nymphs, mermaids and other...
A perfume paved the way for Pierre Balmain’s couture – a scent called Jolie Madame, which later gave its name to the 1952 haute couture collection. 1945. Paris was just emerging from the Second World War when Pierre Balmain founded his studio at 44 rue François 1st in Paris. Formerly of Lucien Lelong and Edward...
An oblique canvas designed in 1967, has become one of the most sought-after this year. The Dior oblique canvas is a luxury and pop icon. The Oblique Canvas and Marc Bohan The designer at the head of the creation of the house of Dior for three decades was certainly a little less popular than Yves...
Christian Dior was very superstitious, to the point of establishing in his couture and his company a set of talismans, both guides and good luck charms. There is lily of the valley, clover, star, bee and the number 8. The Star And The 8 On The Road To Destiny Dior Christian Dior is known to...
If Kim Jones and Maria Grazia Chuiri manage today to create such a desirable fashion, it is because the founder of the house Dior had already envisioned it right. The flower woman, the Oblique, H, A lines and the Tulip line are now used for a sublime and cool seam. La Femme-Fleur, Granville And Christian...
The prints that were present since the creation of the house which, once again, have revolutionized fashion. The Leopard, Mitzah Bricard And The Dior Woman If the leopard appears harmless today, long ago it was considered vulgar and inadequate. But that was before. Before Dior exactly. The man behind the New Look revolution was also...
