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Christian Dior was a fashion designer born in Granville, Normandy in France in January 1905.He is known as the founder of the worlds top fashion galleries, called Christian Dior. He was involved early in fashion arts after turning down his parent's hope of becoming a diplomat. In this paper, a study on how the person became an Haute Couture designer, what inspired him when creating their fashions, where he trained, Who might have apprenticed for in his formative years, Education, Customers, Design (their overall look; aesthetic) and how this specific designer influences the direction of fashion.
How Christian Dior became Haute Couture designer.
Haute couture is a French word for high sewing (seabastian, 2009). It refers to creation of exceptional expensive clothing. Christian Dior S.A is a French high fashion clothing retailer which has in possession the major luxury company. Christian Dior involved himself in fashion arts early in life, where he would sell his fashions on the streets to make money. After school he opened a small gallery using the money received from his father. He later joined the house of Lucien Lelong, where he became a designer together with his partner Pierre Balmain.He founded his own house of Dior which was established in 1946, and 1947 a new line of his collection called corolle.He further gained fame when he designed for sophisticated women from Europe and rich wives of the Nazis in world war 11 bringing back Paris to number one capital of fashions in the world. His career only lasted for a span of ten years (Elie and Alice, 1954).
What inspired him when creating their fashions?
Christian Dior was inspired by his intention of creating, a romantic and feminine look dresses, which emphasizes luxury rather than comfort. Mainly to uplift the hard times women were going through during the Second World War. He was also inspired by his credibility in designing of hats than dresses.
Was he trained? Who he might have apprenticed for, in their formative years/
Robert Piguet is considered a mentor of Dior after he hired him and allowed him to design full-length dresses. Lucien lelong whose fashion house was larger than Piguets hired Dior for five years during the Second World War. He later moved out and began his own fashion house in 1947 after getting capital from a wealthy textile industrialist, Marcel Boussac.
Education
Christian Dior studied political science for 5 year that is from 1920 to 1925 Paris, before he moved to serve the French army.
Customers
Due to the elegant and classic nature of the clothes, Dior customers included the opulentand the most influential people in the world. Celebrities like Janet Jackson, Harriet Nelson, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lucille Ball and Kate Hudson have been huge fans of Dior fashions that have chosen his designs for large events like the Oscar's awards and golden globes. His designs have been observed on broadways, Premieres and Movies (Milbank, 1985).
Design (their overall look; aesthetic)
Christian Dior's design is classy and has won the hearts of fashion admirers in the world. Dior's designs have a combination of old and present styles, hence able to accommodate both unique and individual tastes. His designs followed an identified line like the classic suit and ballerina skirts in 1953, 1954 H-line dress, A-and Y-shape dresses in 1955.A dress style with large bust, small waist narrow shoulders and long and wide skirts.
Currently designer collections like, Christal Watch, Flight, Vintage Traveler, Nude, Logo, Gaucho and others can be found on the market (Bio, 2009.
How this specific designer influence the direction of fashion
Christian Dior was instrumental in commercializing Persian fashion on a worldwide scale. After his line in 1946 he gained the attention of the press that followed each design he came up with.
Yves Saint Laurent took over after Dior's death, and then Marc Bohan who stepped in when Saint Laurent was called to the military Gianfranco Ferre followed then John Galliano, who had a lot of similarities to Christian in as far as managing the business is concerned ( Fashion.Informat,2009).
Conclusion
Christian Dior was a fashion designer born in Granville, Normandy in France in January 1905.He is known as the founder of the worlds top fashion galleries, called Christian Dior. He was involved early in fashion arts after turning down his parent's hope of becoming a diplomat. After school he opened a small gallery using the money received from his father. He later joined the house of Lucien Lelong, where he became a designer together with his partner Pierre Balmain. Due to the elegant and classic nature of the clothes, Dior customers included the opulentand the most influential people in the world. Celebrities like Janet Jackson, Harriet Nelson, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lucille Ball and Kate Hudson became great fashions of his clothes.
