Christian Dior Vintage Rare Gold Aqua Blue Clear Crystals Shield Beige White Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Aqua Blue Triangle Shield Clear Crystals Beige Enamel Chunky Elegant Modernist Jewellery Set Necklace Dome Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very good conditi...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Crystals Knot Bow White Pearl Tear Water Drop Gold 2 Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Crystals Ribbon Knot Bow White Pearl Tear Water Drop Pendant Dangle 2 Jewellery Set Necklace Pierced Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. 100% Genui...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Pearls White Oval Whole Crystals Relief Swirl Drop 2 Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s White Oval Pearls Whole Crystals Relief Swirl Link 2 Set Dangle Drop Clip Earrings Necklace Elegant Modernist 2 Gift Jewellery Set, Gold Tone Very excel...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1987 Robert Goossen Huge Cabochon Jelly Belly Orange Shell 2 Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1987 Robert Goossen Vintage Unisex Huge Massive Large Jelly Belly Orange Shell Conch Torch Chunky Statement Brooch Clip Earrings Jewellery Set, Gold Tone Very excelle...
Gold Plate
$776Sale Price / set|20% Off
Rare Vintage Dupont Lighter & Christian Dior Cufflinks & Neck Tie Gift Set
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Rare Vintage Dupont Lighter & Christian Dior Cufflinks & Neck Tie Gift Set Vintage Christian Dior Gold Plated & Black Enamel front Logo Neck Tie and Cufflinks Christian Dior's infl...
Gold Plate
$633Sale Price / set|25% Off
Rare Vintage Dunhill Gold Plated Lighter & Christian Dior Neck Tie Gift Set
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Rare Vintage Dunhill Gold Plated Lighter & Christian Dior Neck Tie Gift Set Vintage Christian Dior Gold Plated & Black Enamel front Logo Neck Tie Christian Dior's influence on fas...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage Rare GROSSE Green Emerald Sapphire Cabochon Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1970s Vintage Emerald Sapphire Navy Blue Green Cabochon Crystals Dangle Drop Pendant Necklace Earrings 2 Jewellery Gift Set, Gold Tone Very excellent condition...
Gold Plate, Enamel
Christian Silver Tone Logo Tie Clip And Cufflinks Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Paris, FR
Christian Dior silver-tone tie clip and cufflinks set featuring a square shape, a textured ground, a center black CD pitted a gold-tone outline. They come as a pair + a tie accessory...
CHRISTIAN DIOR John Galliano 1998 Beads Pearls Lattice Leaf Feather Layers Set
By John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
CHRISTIAN DIOR John Galliano 1998 Vintage Luxury Beads White Drop Dangle Pearls Leaf Feather Layer Strands Lattice Tassel Exquisite Chunky Collar Choker Necklace Bracelet Clip Earrin...
Silver Plate
Christian Dior by John Galliano Black Silver Rectangle Octagon Crystals 3 Set
By John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior by John Galliano Vintage 1990s Octagon Rectangle Crystals 3 Strands Layers Black Silver Charms Choker Collar Necklace Pierced Earrings Bracelet Elegant Modernist 3 Jew...
Silver Plate
Christian Dior GROSSE 1967 Green Emerald Crystals Brutalist Gold Openwork 2 Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1967 Vintage Emerald Green Crystals Brutalist Flower Leaf Openwork Modernist Elegant Necklace Clip Earrings 2 Gift Jewellery Set, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior GROSSE 1966 Wirework Openwork Triangle Dome Pentagon 3 Gold Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1966 Vintage Unisex Wirework Triangle Earrings Pentagon Dome Brooch Openwork Chain Choker Collar Necklace 3 Three Pieces Modenist Gift Set, Gold Tone Brooch an...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior John Galliano White Beads Pearls Silver Logo D Drop Elegant 2 Set
By John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior John Galliano Vintage 1990s White Beads Pearls Pendant Logo D Drop Elegant Modernist Pierced Earrings Necklace 2 Set Gift Jewellery Set, Silver Tone Very good conditi...
Silver Plate
Christian Dior by John Galliano Citrine Bead Crystals Bib Drop Tassel Layer Set
By John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior by John Galliano Vintage Citrine Amber Yellow Crystals Bib Tassel Drop Pendant Charms Set Necklace Earrings Jewellery Set, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Dior Set of Necklace and a Bracelet in Silvery Metal
By Christian Dior
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Dior - Set composed of a necklace and a bracelet in silvery metal with grey and mauve ribbons. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Necklace length: fr...
Christian Dior GROSSE 1985 Gold Chunky Onyx Crystals Milanese Woven Mesh 2 Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1985 Vintage Luxury Triangle Onyx Black Enamel Whole Crystals Radiant Milanese Woven Omega Mesh Chain Exquisite Elegant Modernist Chunky Statement Collar Pendan...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior GROSSE Baroque Flower White Pearls Crystal Gold Water Drop 2 Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1970s Baroque Flower White Circle Beads Pearls Crystals Water Tear Drop 2 Set Pendant Necklace Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior GROSSE Interlocked Baroque Gold Brushed Linked Chunky 2 Gift Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1970 Vintage Unisex Baroque Brushed Linked Interlocked Chunky Statement Gift Jewellery 2 Set Necklace Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior GROSSE Crystals Citrine Bar Cylinder Six Strands Layers 2 Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1970s Vintage Citrine Yellow Crystals Bar Cylinder Six 6 Strands Layers Necklace Bracelet 2 Jewellery Gift Set, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuin...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior GROSSE 1970s Gold Crystals Heart Love Knot Gold Pendant Bow 2 Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1970s Glow Crystals Heart Love Knot Pendant Bow Elegant Modernist Necklace Earrings 2 Gift jewellery Set, Gold Plated Very excellent condition.
Gold Plate
Christian Dior GROSSE Yellow Citrine 3 Layers Crystals Roll Bar Charms 2 Set
By Henkel and Grosse for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE Vintage Unisex Trio 3 Three Layers Strands Citrine Yellow Crystals Bar Charms Elegant Modernist Necklace Bracelet Jewellery Set, Gold Tone Very excellent condi...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Clip-On Earrings & Brooch Set
Located in Geneva, CH
Classic and elegant gilt metal Christian Dior set featuring combined “C Dior” letters spelling. Whereas the earrings are in gilt metal, the brooch is embellished with Swarovsky cryst...
Crystal, Gilt Metal
ICONIC Dior by John Galliano Statement CANNAGE Necklace & Bracelet Set 2000s
By John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A Vintage Christian Dior Statement Cannage Necklace and Bracelet Set.
90-s John Galliano for Christian Dior Couture Crystal Necklace and Earrings Set
By John Galliano
Located in Montgomery, TX
Vintage John Galliano for Christian Dior Haute Couture Necklace and Earrings Set Circa 1997 Metal, Crystals Dior Stamp Total Length (with adjustable chain is 43 cm) Width 2.5 cm Earr...
When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion. Vintage Dior bags, shoes, evening dresses, shirts and other garments and accessories are known today for their feminine and sophisticated sensibility.
Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend.
This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris.
Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. They needed to dream anew.
And Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “This changes everything.”
Dior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. They were cut and shaped like architecture, on strong foundations that molded women and “freed them from nature,” Dior said. Rather than rationing, his ladies wanted reams of fabric and 19-inch waists enforced by wire corsets, and the fashion world concurred. The debut got a standing ovation.
In the subsequent decade, Paris ruled as the undisputed fashion capital of the world, and Christian Dior reigned as its king. With the luxuriously full skirts of his New Look, suits and his drop-dead gorgeous couture dresses and ball gowns worthy of any princess, Dior gave women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of war.
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