The subject of many fashion books, Christian Dior was born on January 21, 1905, in Granville, a seaside town in the north of France. The young French fashion designer spent his youth years in Paris where he experienced the Great Depression, World War 1 & 2, and witnessed his sister being sent to a concentration camp.
Marcel had invited Christian Dior, a successful businessman and the richest man in France, to design Paris fashions, but Dior refused, wanting a fresh start under his own name. rather than reviving an old brand , And then Dior founded his own fashion house; this happened at a new time with other beginnings and developments, improvements, and pioneering. Fashion design ideas.
Dior and his famous fashion house brought the idea of luxury back to women's fashion and focused on elegance, structure, and luxury. Although Dior's endless women's collection was initially criticized, it has become the talk of the town all the time. Although his design work was in his name for only a decade, his influence. continued to dominate and would remain for many decades to come.
One of the most famous sayings of Christian Dior : -
- On vacation, you can wear all the casual and colorful clothes you like, but you should always be elegant.
- On vacation, you can wear all the casual and colorful clothes you like, but you should always be elegant.
- A woman's perfume reveals more about her personality than her writing.
- White is the color of purity and simplicity and matches everything.
Christian Dior Company: -
When Christian Dior established his own fashion house with the help and support of the owner of the textile factory and the richest businessman in France, Marcel Boussac, in 1946, France confirmed for the second time that it is the capital of international fashion and fashion, and from this moment began the legacy that lasted for several consecutive decades until our time.
Dior has evolved into a holding company in the field of luxury goods and is an icon in the fashion and high-end clothing. industries all over the world. The company has also become a producer of fashion, jewelry, perfumes, and cosmetics.
These products are offered through five groups:-
- The first group: - It is a group for cosmetics, fashion, leather goods, perfumes, watches, jewelry, and spirits.
- The second group: - It specializes in the design and manufacture of luxury goods.
- The third group : - specializes in the manufacture of handbags, shoes, and leather goods.
- The fourth group: - manufactures various types of spirit drinks.
- The fifth : -group is the one that specializes in perfumes and cosmetics.
Within two years of establishing the company and his fashion house in 1948, Christian Dior became a well-known brand and a big name to be reckoned with.
He also organized, with great success, lucrative licensing deals for furs, socks, and perfumes. Dior gained access to all aspects of fashion through these deals.
Christian Dior's name is mentioned in several songs by various singer-songwriters, including Morrissey's "Christian Dior" in 2006 and Eva Peron's "Rainbow High" from the movie Evita.
Christian was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1955 for a set for Terminal Station, and he was posthumously nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best British Costume in 1967 for an Arabesque set.In 1986, he was nominated for a Cesar Award for Best Costume Design for Bras de fer
On October 24, 1957, Christian Dior was on vacation in the city of Montecatini Terme, Italy, when he suffered a fatal heart attack that led to his death, and although the exact cause of his death remained unknown, there are many hypotheses about that.
