Christian Dior Research Paper

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Christian Dior was an iconic fashion designer during the 1950’s era of haute couture in France. His contributions to the fashion industry not only revolutionized fashion but also served as a major component to an emerging cultural revolution in France as well. This era of haute couture not only exemplified what France but especially Paris was like in the mid twentieth-century. This era of high fashion represented what was going on in France politically, economically, and culturally. Christian Dior was known as one of the official members of the haute couture during this time. His fashion revolutionized the way women dressed, and he has built a legacy that remains to this day. Through this paper you will discover the life of Christian Dior and how he contributed to haute couture in France and how this culture was significant in many ways. Sources such as an autobiography by Christian Dior, newspaper articles from the years of …show more content…

Dior ran into a childhood friend, Marcel Boussac who was a textile manufacturer in Saint Florentin. Boussac was behind the startup of an old couture house that was let go during the years of the war. He was looking for a “man in a million” to be a top designer for his house. Though Dior did not think of himself on their first encounter he ran into Marcel Boussac once again, this time he was beginning to ponder what his future success could and should be. The third encounter with Boussac was the moment that Christian Dior finally took a chance on his dream of becoming a courtier. Dior openly suggested himself as the “man in a million” that Boussac was still searching for. Dior was terrified of putting himself into a new field of couture that was not essentially true couture, but more business related

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