Christian Dior
The name of Chistian Dior has become the synonim of fashion during the twelvth century.
Chistian Dior, second child from five children,was born in 1905 in Granville. His father was trading with chemical fertilizers, and a mother converted a money into pleasures. Future designer was fond of drawing and dreamed to become a great artist, but parents desired their son was a diplomat.
After the insistent mother’s requests, Chistian entered Free school of political sciences. But instead of international law and geography, future designer spent time in museums, studied musical composition and painting.
The first fashion demonstration was in a mansion on the avenue of Monten’and it was the opening of the house of fashion of Dior. Tightened waists, highly heaved up magnificent bust, little round shoulders, skirts to the ankle, either lines or enough wide - here basic lines of his first collection, which boldly tears with the legacy of pre-war high fashion, developing aside simplified and functionality. Seemed, a new silhouette, adopted new look, would scare a buyer, accustomed for years Second world to the short skirts and square coats, but tired from limitations and poverty of parisian with a delight accepted collection.
Before the death, concerned about the future of High Fashion which seemed to Chistian Dioru above all things by the laboratory of ideas, he wrote: «The origin of High Fashion can be justified for two reasons. Foremost, it is treasure of conscientious artisans. It passes ahead the time, it is quite new, exactly it will determine the fashion of Paris, world fashion tomorrow. From designers it will pass to the boutiques, then will attain the producers of store clothes, and from there will take windows and streets. Press, radio, cinema will help the fashion to become incredibly popular. Over great migration of fashion will be done the months. And then everybody depending on the facilities will «adapt» or, if want, will become fashionable».
As glorious names of the High fashion synonyms of style, Dior is expression all of magic of fashion and its capacity for a revival. Surprisingly, but, being most luxurious from all of Houses of fashion, «Dior» became popular with millions of women.