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1974 · Skin, metal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Christian Dior
French, 1905–1957
Fashion Design
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22
Works in Collection
49
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Three Modern Styles
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
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Christian Dior was a French couturier whose postwar collections established haute couture as a dominant force in twentieth-century fashion. In 1947, he launched the New Look, a silhouette featuring a cinched waist and full skirt that departed radically from wartime austerity and became internationally synonymous with feminine elegance and luxury. His designs combined structural precision with elaborate embroidery and textile innovation, reshaping women's fashion across the 1950s. Dior's maison became one of the most influential fashion houses of its era, defining postwar glamour through meticulous tailoring and ornamental detail.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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