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	Dior, Christian on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Dior tradition of beautiful fabrics led to the creation of international merchandising labels for gloves, furs, and jewelry.
		Since the death of Dior, the firm continued under Yves St. Laurent, Marc Bohan, and Gianfranco Ferre.
		Création de John Galliano pour Dior Le groupe Christian Dior (LVMH, Dior Couture) a annoncé vendredi avoir enregistré au p.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Dior-C1hr.asp (489 words)

	Christian Dior
		Dior explained that this theme was meant to animate the figure, demanding that the eyes follow the lines of folds boned, wired and lined to stick out as far as 2 feet from the body.
		Dior lengthened the appearance of the body by using long narrow lapels, vertical tucks and pleating and showing boxy suits with pleated skirts.
		Dior felt that he was not being recognized enough for his work and did have plans to give him more recognition, but he died before these plans could be put into place.
	www.designerhistory.com /historyofashion/dior.html (2161 words)

	Christian Dior / Design/Designer Information
		Dior longed to become an architect but, at his father’s insistence, he enrolled at the prestigious Ecole des Sciences Politiques (nicknamed Sciences Po’) in Paris to take a degree in politics which, or so his parents hoped, would prepare him for a diplomatic career.
		Dior was invited by a childhood friend from Granville to revive Philippe et Gaston, a struggling clothing company owned by Marcel Boussac, the “King of Cotton” with an empire of racing stables, newspapers and textile mills.
		As timid as Dior himself, the young Saint Laurent flourished in the feminine atmosphere of the couture house and contributed thirty-five outfits for the autumn 1957 collection.
	www.designmuseum.org /design/index.php?id=107 (2554 words)

	Christian Dior Biography and profiles of fashion designers
		Dior is a member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter.
		The Christian Dior S.A. itself holds 42% of the LVMH assets and is the holding company for the fashion brands Christian Dior Couture, Kenzo, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, and Louis Vuitton.
		Currently, Dior is reducing the number of its licenses - which reached over 300 in the early '90s - and also his franchise arrangements, in order to regain control over Dior products.
	www.infomat.com /whoswho/christiandior.html (898 words)

	Christian Dior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In the space of ten years, from 1947 to 1957 (the date of his death), Christian Dior succeeded in creating a fashion house whose name is famous the world over.
		The House of Dior was bought up in 1987; today, it belongs to the world's leading manufacturer of luxury goods, the Louis-Vuitton-Moët-Hennessy Group.
		The Dior touch is all there, noticeable in the cut of the suits, the sense of detail, the inlays and hidden seams, the embroidered, white guipure coats, the swallow-tail jacket trains and the velvet evening gowns, faithful to that "sense of the accomplished and perfect" dear to the inventor of the new look.
	www.france.diplomatie.fr /label_france/ENGLISH/DOSSIER/MODE/dio.html (318 words)

	Le Firme UOMO/DONNA Canada - Italian Designer Fashion - History of Christian Dior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		At the time of his death in 1957, Dior was the head of a multi-million pound organisation responsible for nearly 50% of France’s fashion exports.
		Dior and the other Agache-Willot companies were purchased by Bernard Arnault who went on to acquire a whole stable of luxury goods companies, including Louis Vuitton, Moet and Chandon, Hennessy and Parfums Christian Dior.
		His brief for Dior was to supply the house with an image for the nineties.
	www.lefirme.com /designers_history/christian_dior.htm (1106 words)

	Christian Dior Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Christian Dior was the heir to a fertilizer fortune and educated for the diplomatic service at the École des Sciences Politiques in Paris.
		Dior spread his fashions around the world when he and his partner, Jaques Rouet, started liscensing agreements in the fashion industry.
		The Dior firm—successively led by designers Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferre, and John Galliano—continued to be a fashion leader and was associated with a much wider range of merchandise, including menswear and household linens
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Christian_Dior (453 words)

	Garden of Musée Christian Dior
		When Dior's parents acquired it around 1905, his mother Madeleine had the grounds planted out and altered to accommodate an English-style garden, and opened a large bay window in the façade facing the sea.
		On fine days the sea and the Chausey Islands could be admired from the terrace, and the Dior children were able to play in a little summerhouse in a corner of the garden, behind the bamboo grove and clipped hedges full of secret nooks and hiding places.
		Dior had a profound feeling for the place, and would often spend his summer holidays there after his parents moved to Paris, walking on the cliffs with his old friend Serge Heftler-Louiche, and enjoying the frequent carnivals and fancy dress parties that took place in the area.
	www.sisley.co.uk /dior.htm (525 words)

	Christian Dior sunglasses - the fashion sunglasses collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Dior sunglasses have taken rimless glasses to an elevated "haute couture" level that has yet to be matched by any other fashion sunglasses collection.
		Christian Dior sunglasses always radiates a style that shows you immediately of what it takes to be considered the ultimate fashion house in the designer sunglasses market place.
		This slightly smaller Christian Dior sunglasses style also has a lens that is not wrapped as tight around your face, to provide a cleaner more wearable frame to the sun worshipper.
	www.wickedsunglasses.com /index.php/cPath/26 (224 words)

	Christian Dior at Replacements
		Christian Dior was born in Normandy, France, in 1905.
		In 1938, Dior received his first break in the fashion industry when he was hired by the renowned designer, Robert Piguet.
		Dior was sent with the French resistance to the southern border of France.
	www.replacements.com /mfghist/dior.htm (924 words)

	Christian Dior
		Dolce Vita Perfume by Christian Dior is a floral and fruity blend of cinnamon, peach, apricot, sandalwood, heliotrope, and vanilla.
		Hypnotic Poison Perfume by Christian Dior is a romantic blend of almond, caraway, jasmine, moss, sandalwood, oakmoss, vanilla, musk, and cedar.
		Tendre Poison Perfume by Christian Dior is a sharp blend of florals, mandarin, vanilla, and sandalwood.
	www.bargainperfumes.co.uk /christian_dior.shtml (624 words)

	Dior biography
		Christian Dior, born at Angers in the Loire valley on January 21st, 1905, was second of the five children of Madeleine and Maurice Dior.
		Madame Dior still clung to her Victorian values, and for her family to be concerned with trade was unthinkable.
		This was too much for Madame Dior to bear and she became ill. Too demoralised to recover from an operation, she developed septicemia and died at the age of fifty one in 1931.
	www.ba-education.demon.co.uk /for/fashion/dior.html (1051 words)

	Christian Dior (1905–1957) \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Christian Dior's reputation as one of the most important couturiers of the twentieth century was launched in 1947 with his very first collection, in which he introduced the "New Look." Featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt, the New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and opulence in women's fashion.
		While the House of Dior is still a thriving business today, Dior's untimely death in 1957 left the fashion world without a great dictator of style.
		Christian Dior designed under his own name for only a decade, but his influence will be felt for many years to come.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/dior/hd_dior.htm (491 words)

	Dior
		With an ability to blend the outrageous and the elegant, the house of Dior expresses all the magic of fashion.
		Christian Dior first married the modern and the miraculous by transforming the role of haute couture at a time when it was confined to a privileged minority.
		For over fifty years, the name Dior has been synonymous with luxury and taste, and today, it is the genius John Galliano who perpetuates the tradition.
	www.assoulineusa.com /dior.html (106 words)

	Dior finds new Asian ... - Jul. 20, 2003
		The overall unique shape of Hardcore Dior is accentuated with the subtle sheen of the silk satin jersey composition over the entire surface held by a durable fl nylon woven signature Dior strap.
		Dior at 1 Peking Road is the largest boutique in the Far East and Japan.
		It is the seventh Dior Boutique in Hong Kong.
	www.inq7.net /lif/2003/jul/20/text/lif_1-1-p.htm (956 words)

	Anecdote - Christian Dior - Christian Dior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Dior - who sought both to create a new "look" each season and to produce designs which took regional differences into account - was soon churning out about a thousand designs every year.
		Indeed, by the mid-1950s, the designer was under such stress that the large domestic staff which took care of his homes was ordred to wear soft felt slippers in order to maintain perfect silence.
		[Dior's chauffeur was often required to drive him around the block several times while he mustered the nerve to enter his salon on the Avenue Montaigne and his directrice, Mme.
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=14635 (249 words)

	Dior eyewear and sunglasses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Exclusively for women, DIOR unveils a sparkling, new collection of sunglasses and prescription frames: maxi sized rectangular and rounded models in luscious hues offer plenty of cover, with details picking up on the main concepts featured in the accessories collections.
		The logo remains the key element of the collection : it can be seen photoengraved in single letters or fully occupying the tenon of temples, engraved on trims for a chain effect, in openwork on two-colour acetate models and even on long tabs fully studded with diamante.
		As for the prescription frames collection, the focus is on temples, with the logo emblazoned in sparkling diamante, etched on oval tabs bearing the words "J'adore Dior", or combined with a heart pierced by an arrow in topaz, amethyst, green or aquamarine diamante.
	www.safilo.com /eng/collections/dior/dior.php?provenienza=1 (261 words)

	Dior - Fashion Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Dior is trendy, yet always refined and elegant, and is worn by celebrities worldwide.
		It is availble at high-end boutiques, department stores, and Dior stores, and it is always found on the couture floor.
		Dior apparel is particularly suited for special occasions,...
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /fashion/dior (171 words)

	Faces & Voices of Recovery - Dior Marketing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The result: Dior, after meeting with Faces and Voices of Recovery representatives and others, vowed to revamp its portrayal of this product and to bring more awareness of addiction’s devastation to its work.
		Please let me reiterate that Parfums Christian Dior has never had any intention to trivialize or glamorize drug abuse or to offend individuals who suffer from or are trying to recover from addictions, or their families.
		As we discussed, “Dior Addict” is a single brand name and it is about being totally devoted to Dior.
	www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org /campaigns/dior.php (1337 words)

	Dior's the official watch of Lakme India Fashion Week - Indiantelevision.com's Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
		As the official watch of LIFW 2004, Dior will be the first global fashion brand to tie up with this annual week long event.
		As a part of the association, Dior watches will present their latest Spring Summer 2004 international collection for the first time in India through various programmes during the course of the fashion week from 27 April to 3 May in New Delhi.
		The FDCI was founded in 1998 to consolidate the position of the Indian fashion industry in the global marketplace and embodies the first step taken towards according corporate status to the fashion business in India.
	www.indiantelevision.com /mam/headlines/y2k4/apr/aprmam50.htm (401 words)

	Ramstad Blasts Dior 'Addict' Ads \| JoinTogether.org
		Ads for Christian Dior's new line of 'Addict' cosmetic products are "outrageous and irresponsible," Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) told his fellow members of Congress during a Nov. 14 speech on the floor of the House of Representatives.
		"The Dior ad campaign for its new "Addict" line of fragrance, lipstick and nail polish shows a complete disregard for the millions of people who suffer from the disease of addiction and their families," said Ramstad, who said the campaign is "the ultimate in corporate irresponsibility."
		Ramstad described the Dior ads as a multimillion-dollar campaign to glamorize addiction, which he said would undermine efforts to keep kids off drugs.
	www.jointogether.org /sa/news/features/reader/0,1854,555292,00.html (283 words)

	Dior Handbags
		Christian Dior (1905-1957) was born in Normandy, France.
		During the war, Dior served in the South of France, then returned again to Paris in 1941 and worked for Lucien Lelong, a much larger design house.
		For his first collection in 1947, Christian Dior created the extremely popular "New Look", which featured rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and a very full skirt.
	www.bagsforme.com /dior.php (264 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Christian Dior : The Man Who Made the World Look New (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		After all, the marketing and branding that Dior helped initiate was innovative, so discussions of licensing agreements and the development of designer accessories, along with Dior's youthful development and inspirations, blend into a provocative profile of this fashion great.
		A superstitious man who collected amulets and followed astrology, Christian Dior (1905-1957) established his couture house in Paris in 1946 upon the advice of a fortune-teller who had correctly predicted that Dior's sister, a member of the French resistance deported by the Gestapo, would survive.
		Dior's "New Look," with its corolla skirts and narrow waists?a welcome change from drab wartime fashions and from the minimalism of Chanel and Lanvin?was an instant success.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1559703407?v=glance (820 words)

	CNN - Dior spring '97: One last fling - Nov. 4, 1996
		PARIS (CNN) -- When Gianfranco Ferre said goodbye to the house of Christian Dior, he did it with great style and got a standing ovation.
		Ferre says there is no rhyme nor reason to his color choice, except that he's always telling the story of Dior's high-profile progression through the tumultuous world of fashion.
		Ferre says his run with Dior ends with some sadness but also an excitement for the future.
	www.cnn.com /STYLE/9611/04/dior (303 words)

	Christian Dior Spring 2005 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review
		John Galliano opened his Christian Dior show with the sound of a car revving up and driving off.
		And as if to underscore that his time at Dior has produced wearable pieces, he proceeded to revive most of them.
		There were the curvy suits, now recast in bouclé and denim, the Indian-embroidered bloused minidresses, the Tibetan fur vests, the anime/cartoon Dior-logo tees, and multiple variations on his trademark fluttery bias-cut dresses.
	www.style.com /fashionshows/collections/S2005RTW/review/CDIOR (357 words)

	Dior Sunglasses - Cheap Dior Sunglasses UK
		This French designer house 'Dior' is one of the most fashionable eyewear companies with many frames and lenses to select.
		Only Dior Sunglasses reflect the latest sunglass trends for a modern pair of sunglasses that symbolise true style and distinction.
		Dior Rasta 1 Sunglasses as worn by Jessica Simpson.
	sunglasses-directory.co.uk /designer-sunglasses/dior-sunglasses.html (181 words)

	Fall 2004 Couture - Christian Dior Fall 2004 Couture Collection on Style.com: Runway Review
		Tottering under the weight of pounds of elaborate fabric, skirt flounces the width of the runway, bank vaults of jewelry, and 6-inch platforms, Christian Dior's models pulled off a spectacle that held the audience breathless in case someone fell.
		Galliano ditched the Leigh Bowery/kabuki makeup in favor of powdered faces, and the dresses, for all their rich embroidery, crystal chunks, and hand-painted cherubs and birds, gave a new sense of the body beneath.
		This show also made a heady, sensuous display of color—brick red, emerald, celadon, boie de rose, and more—and an opulent celebration of couture-crafted textures, often enhanced to look as if the girls were actually wearing the gilded upholstery and painted ceilings of an imperial palace.
	www.style.com /fashionshows/collections/F2004CTR/review/CDIOR (383 words)

	Indiantelevision dot com's Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch : Dior launches watches, appoints Yana Gupta brand ...
		MUMBAI: Christian Dior, the name that spells seduction, creativity and femininity in luxury goods, officially launched Christian Dior watches in the financial hub of the country on 22 April.
		Christian Dior watches are true fashion accessories — combining creativity and quality in the form of aspects from the French couture house and all the expertise of fine Swiss watch making.
		Dior watches are distributed in over 150 countries at 1,500 carefully selected sales outlets and 115 Christian Dior boutiques.
	www.indiantelevision.com /mam/headlines/y2k3/apr/aprmam63.htm (295 words)

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