Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Christian Dior Timeless Designer

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Christian Dior from the past to the present. Who is Christian Dior? He is the most
influential fashion designer of the late 1940s and 1950s and also the present. He was born in Normandy, France and he studied political science. After military service and several years of indecision, he returned to Paris in 1935 where he began his design career by selling sketches, but his hat designs were initially more successful than his dress designs. But he concentrated on his dress design in doing so he created the extremely popular “New Look” Dior created an opulent clothing style. He also defined a new business model in the post-war fashion industry by establishing Christian Dior as a global brand across a wide range of products.

In 1953, Christian Dior hired Yves Saint Laurent as an assistant. And after Christian Dior’s sudden death in October 1957 in Italy, Yves Saint Laurent became head designer but Yves Saint Laurent was call for military duty in 1960, and Marc Bohan took over, remaining until Gianfranco Ferre became designer in1989. Ferre is side to be replaced by the end of 1996. After much talk finally the possible successors will be John Galliano who took Ferre’s place as chief designer for Christian Dior in October 1996. As the designer for Christian Dior he lives on in the fashion house he founded, which is now operates worldwide to cover broad sectors of the fashion and luxury industries.



And in the influence exerted by his creations on 1950s haute couture (French for “high sewing” or “high dressmaking”;pronounced) refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing also is usually applies to women’s fine garments and has come to define a segment of the fashion industry that has lasted to the present day . Christian Dior lives on making his designs timeless you can see his popular design styles in today’s designers for instance the “New Look” design which featured rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and a very full skirt. And other collection like classic suits, ballerina-length skirts, the H-line and the A-and Y-lines. These styles can be seen in today’s designer collection like Donna Karan.

This is the Christian Dior’s “New Look” and Classic styles in the Past.







This is Christian Dior “New Look” in the Present this is a A-and Y-lines.









This is Donna Karan “New Look “ A-and Y-lines Influences by Christian Dior‘s Popular design style .

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