1950's Fashion | Christian Dior and I

Autobiography

By: Christian Dior

Date: 1957

Source: Dior, Christian. Christian Dior and I. Trans. by Antonia Fraser. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1957.

About the Author: Christian Dior (1905–1957) was born in Normandy, France. He began developing his fashion lines in Paris in the mid 1930s. During the early part of World War II he served in the French army and then worked for two different design houses during the German occupation of Paris. Dior began his own clothing line in 1946, backed by textile manufacturer Marcel Boussac. In 1947, he launched the "new look" of feminine luxury, and in the 1950s, he created the Y, H, and A lines. He died of a sudden heart attack in 1957.

Introduction

In the early 1950s, many American women took their fashion cues from Europeans, particularly from the French. And no French designer ranked higher than Christian Dior. Dior...