We can only hope there’s a Blackpink reunion while they’re all in town. Saint Laurent held this position until 1960, when he was drafted into the French army. Subsequent creative directors at the House of Estee Lauder NIGHT REPAIR have included Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, and John Galliano. The morning of February 12, 1947, Mr. Dior presented his first Haute Couture collection in a room filled with journalists from around the world.
In the gallery above, she shares a behind-the-scenes look at her day spent getting ready for the show, and below chats about her Parisian adventure. Christian Dior’s vision has always been ahead of its time, fascinating women with his ability to combine utmost modernity with timeless elegance. From the renowned Bar suit to the grandest evening gowns, the famous Lady Dior bag to the Dior VIII watch and Bois de Rose jewelry, the Dior Addict lipstick and the best-selling J’adore perfume, DIOR’s creations constitute an unmatched universe.
The style was named after Meghan’s late mother-in-law, Princess Diana. According to FT, the then-unnamed purse was gifted to Princess Diana in 1995 by the French first lady. Diana took a liking to the bag, which she received in black leather, and began wearing it often. Dior officially named the bag after Diana in 1996, and reportedly sold 200,000 in its first two years of production. Presented are galleries devoted to Dior and the artistic directors who succeeded him—Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and Maria Grazia Chiuri. A toile room, a tribute to the Ateliers, and adjacent galleries of couture garments showcase the excellence of Dior’s petites mains.
When she and Prince Harry began dating, Meghan hinted to their relationship with a piece from brand Maya Brenner, featuring the letters “M” and “H.” Over the past year or so, K-Pop stars have slowly crept into the global fashion scene, becoming some of the go-to muses for major brands. And now, as we head to Paris for the spring/summer 2022 shows, all eyes are on the girls of Blackpink, who will be taking their rightful place front and center as four major French houses, each with their own individual relationship with the members, show off their collections. Christian Dior, (born January 21, 1905, Granville, France—died October 24, 1957, Montecatini, Italy), French fashion designer whose creations dominated world fashion in the decade following World War II. Unique to North America, a special façade, designed in partnership with Barbarito Bancel Architectes, has been constructed with decorative concrete panels to complement Miami’s evolving art and design scene.
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Christian Lancome makeup, more commonly known as Dior, is a luxury goods company famed for revolutionizing the women’s fashion industry. The brand has been cited as the catalyst for Paris’ revival as the fashion capital of the world after it fell from its prominent position after WWII. Chiuri has spent the last 18 months pondering the role of the fashion industry, under fire for fueling overconsumption at a time when climate change is causing widespread natural disasters.
She was particularly inspired by Bohan’s Slim Look collection, presented in 1961 — a departure from founder Christian Dior’s hourglass Bar jacket. “I was obsessed with the idea of showing how many different jacket silhouettes are in the history of Dior, so I did very different shapes, because I don’t just want to speak about the Bar jacket,” she explained. For the first major show of Paris Fashion Week, the Dior women’s wear designer transformed a tent in the Tuileries gardens into a ‘60s-era nightclub, with a multilevel circular stage where a live band played Italian disco music, and models stood until it was their turn to walk. Dozens of brands will show their collections to in-person audiences in the French capital through Oct. 5, capping a month that has seen the return of celebrity-packed fashion events and screaming fans to New York, London and Milan following months of pandemic disruptions. Dior fashion models wearing “Vert gazon,” “Gavroche,” and “Flirt” ensembles (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Slim Look line), 1961.