Christian Dior’s Blueprint for Modern Couture [PHOTOS]

Christian Dior’s Blueprint for Modern Couture [PHOTOS]

Christian Dior’s vision for the house he founded in 1946 is firmly embedded in the DNA of the iconic fashion brand. One could not imagine a mention of the couturier without his eponymous signature “New Look” inclusive of the “Bar”, “Corelle” and “Rein” silhouettes that reignited French fashion and sent the fashion press into a frenzy. The debut, in illustrated detail, headlined the March 13, 1947, issue of Women’s Wear Daily.

Dior’s decade-long reign — he died in 1957 — produced some of the most famous silhouettes in modern fashion. His whittled corseted waistline and rounded shoulders are a hallmark of the post-WWII new feminine ideal. And though his helm at the house he built was short, the evolution of the brand continues.

Dior’s vision is in continuity with a list of noteworthy creative directors at its helm. Designers Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferre, John Galliano, Raf Simons — still heading individual brands — and now Maria Grazia Chiuri have effortlessly evolved elements of the master couturiers’ blueprint reverentially on the runway for the last 60 years and counting.

The house that Christian Dior built remains as current today as it did when Dior debuted his first couture collection at 30 Avenue Montaigne, 78 years ago.

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