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	Dior:POCHNA, MARIE-FRANCE:0789300656:eCampus.com
		Dior, born into a middle-class Norman family, had abandoned studies in political science first to study music and then to run an art gallery.
		In 1938 Dior joined the fashion house of Robert Piguet and in 1940 that of Lucien Lelong, where he worked until the cotton magnate Marcel Boussae staked him to his own house and the historic collection of 1947.
		Dior was the first French couture house to establish its own company on New York's Seventh Avenue and cater directly to the American market.
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	CelebrityTrendZ: Fashion Designer
		Dior's success was sealed with the very first line that bore his name in 1947.
		Dior's creations, which molded themselves to the female form, played with the length and girth of skirts and promoted the bustline, were a welcome change in a war-weary world starved for sensuality.
		Since Dior's death in 1957 at the age of 52, his house has passed through the hands of Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, and Gianfranco Ferré before landing in the lap of 35-year-old Brit designer John Galliano,, former artistic director at Givenchy, this year.
	www.celebritytrendz.com /fashion/designers/christiandior1.html (645 words)

	House of Dior . SEEKOVER . find it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Christian Dior, son of a wealthy Norman manufacturer of chemicals and fertilizer, wanted to be an architect, but his family insisted he enter the diplomatic service.
		Christian Dior was a fashion designer who changed the look of women's clothing and gave the post-World War II French fashion industry a new feminine look.
		The collection was transparently arranged as homage to Dior's couture, from the influence of his mother's gowns through the makings of the New Look, with walk-on parts for his workers, fashion editors, and the extraordinary roster of clients who flocked to him in the fifties.
	www.seekover.com /fashion/fashion_icons/icons_dior.htm (516 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Features - A Caesar of the couture - the Christian Dior story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The success of the Diors’ fertiliser business allowed the family to live in considerable style in a fine villa at Granville on the Channel coastline (where Christian was born) and a splendid apartment near the Bois de Bologne in Paris.
		Christian Dior must provide the ultimate example of exactly how events and experiences maketh the man. He was forced to live by his wits, sleeping on floors, eating every second or third day, until he collapsed with tuberculosis.
		Dior was intensely superstitious, carrying lucky charms in his pockets at all times, and ever on the lookout for omens and portents.
	news.scotsman.com /features.cfm?id=32972005 (2487 words)

	Le Firme UOMO/DONNA Canada - Italian Designer Fashion - History of Christian Dior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		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.
		Christian Dior was undoubtedly one of the most important and innovative designers of the 20th Century.
	www.lefirme.com /designers_history/christian_dior.htm (1106 words)

	The Story of Christian Dior
		Christian Dior was born in 1905 and passed all his childhood, to Normandy, with of his parents.
		Christian Dior have invented the style « New-look », round shoulders, fine size with loose skirt in the shape of corolla at 20 centimetres of the ground.
		With Christian Dior, Paris became again the city of the world or were born the most beautiful dresses.
	www.toutenparfum.com /historique/dior/dior.en.php (397 words)

	Some history and background on Christian Dior
		Christian Dior was born in Normandy, France in 1905.
		Christian Dior received his first break in the fashion industry when he was hired by the renowned designer, Robert Piguet in 1938.
		Dior hired Yves Saint Laurent to be his assistant and protégé in 1953.
	www.fragrancewholesale.com /somhisandbac15.html (246 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 Biography and profiles of fashion designers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		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)

	The New Yorker: From the Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Dior's first collections included daytime outfits that weighed eight pounds and evening dresses that weighed sixty and were said by their wearers to be too heavy even to dance in.
		Dior's nascent enterprise, which thrived on a lavish use of fabric, was founded in a spacious town house at 30 Avenue Montaigne, where it stands to this day.
		Dior's ultra-safe, bon-ton clothes had been received with steady enthusiasm; Saint Laurent, like Schiaparelli, whom he repeatedly cited as one of his favorite designers (another was Chanel), always seemed eager to experiment—to disturb and stretch or break the frontiers of design.
	www.newyorker.com /archive/content?030922fr_archive03 (4806 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.
		Dior’s description of a luxurious new look with a sumptuous silhouette and billowing skirts had an obvious appeal to a man who owed his wealth to selling large quantities of fabric.
	www.designmuseum.org /design/index.php?id=107 (2554 words)

	History of Fashion Designer Lelong
		Lucien Lelong was born in Paris, France in 1889.
		Lucien Lelong was instrumental in persuading the Germans occupying Paris, to permit French couture houses to remain open in Paris rather than moving to Berlin, as the Germans wished.
		Lucien Lelong, as President of the Chambre, arranged an exhibition in the Louvre, Paris, of 172 dolls made by 40 Paris couturiers, all dressed in the latest creations.
	www.designerhistory.com /historyofashion/lelong.html (416 words)

	1922 in France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The theme of all his speeches was that the future of North Africa lay in the closest possible cooperation of the native Arabs and Berbers with the French soldiers, administrators, and colonists.
		In Tunis, Millerand warned the people against a certain pan-Islamic agitation which has been on foot there for some time, and consulted with Lucien Saint, the resident-general, on suggested reforms in the administration.
		In Morocco Millerand was struck by the prestige and authority which Marshal Hubert Lyautey had managed to preserve for the person and the office of the sultan, and his success in maintaining a native government which was respected side by side with a protecting power which was obeyed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1922_in_France (2067 words)

	Christian Dior at Replacements
		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.
		Despite the success of the “New Look,” Dior was heavily criticized for creating pieces of clothing that were very opulent when so much of Europe was impoverished as a result of the war.
	www.replacements.com /mfghist/dior.htm (924 words)

	Biography of Christian Dior
		Christian Dior was born on 21 January 1905 in Normandy, France and died on 24 October 1957 in Italy.
		Dior had worked for Lucien Lelong’s fashion house as a designer and there was an air of anticipation about what his new fashion house might produce.
		He was an immediate success and Carmel Snow of Harper's Bazaar said that Dior's dresses have such a new look, and so the phrase was born.
	www.biogs.com /famous/diorchristian.html (323 words)

	Fashion Monitor Toronto - Guide to Toronto Fashion, Beauty and Style - Designers in Toronto - Christian ...
		Christian Dior decided that women were tired of of sacrifice and shabby clothes made with the minimum of poor-quality materials, which looked like uniforms.
		Yves Saint Laurent presented six collections for Dior, and when in 1960 he was called for military service, on his return he found that Marc Bohan had been given charge of the House of Dior.
		Christian Dior attracted many young talents such as Founded in 1950, the futuristic visions of the House of Cardin were a 'style de force' in the 1960s and 1970s.
	www.toronto.fashion-monitor.com /designers.php/christian_dior (829 words)

	Christian Dior (1905–1957) \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		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)

	Elegant-Lifestyle.com: Clothing: Fashion: The Grand French Haute Couture Houses: Christian Dior
		Christian Dior (1905-1957), who had originally studied to become a diplomat, briefly worked for the designers Robert Piguets (1901-1953) in 1938 and Lucien Lelong (1889-1958) in 1942 before founding his own couture house in 1946.
		A 'Dior Dress'- a dream countless women in the post-war period had - became a symbol of everything that was desirable and yet out of reach for the ordinary person.
		When Dior suddenly died at the height of his fame of a heart attack, he is succeeded in 1957 by a very young Yves Saint Laurent, aged 21.
	www.elegant-lifestyle.com /haute_couture_dior.htm (612 words)

	Chicago Sun-Times: Clothes make the exhibit at Evanston's Dawes House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		A 1950s fl wool cocktail dress designed by Christian Dior of Paris is among the treasures displayed in Gems from the Collection, a new exhibit at the Evanston Historical Society's Charles Gates Dawes House.
		The Dior dress was commissioned for an Evanston resident by her father.
		"Dior was at the height of his fame and success as a premier fashioner designer," said Janet C. Messmer, the Evanston Historical Society costume curator.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_200401/ai_n9618899 (1052 words)

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		Their pastel tones suggest the colors of feminine fabrics; their delicate surface patterning--helical grids, stripes, and smoky whorls--evoke the warp and woof of cloth, or Dior's hallmark pleats, or the fluffy billows from which the couturier was wont to fashion his ball gowns.
		Beside this are photographs of a woman in Dior couture--Ginette's surrogate--glimpsed as she descends a factory staircase as gracefully as if it were a fashion runway, then glides away, like a conical chess piece, across the sunlit factory floor.
		The 20-odd darts tapering the coat's wasp waist, and the seamlessly perfect bust of Bacall's cocktail dress, speak of the care lavished by Dior and his colleagues on their creations, and on the pains taken to fit them to individual women.
	www.seattleweekly.com /features/printme.php3?eid=4295 (683 words)

	Vintage Fashion Guild Designer Label Image Resource - D
		Christian Dior was one of the most influential designers of the 20th Century.
		In the spring of 1947, Dior showed his first major collection, the “Corolle” line, which came to be known as the “New Look”.
		Dior continued to be a major force in the fashion world in the 1950s, with a new silhouette each season, including the Princess line of 1951, the “H” line of 1954, and the “A” and “Y” lines of 1955.
	www.vintagefashionguild.org /labels/atod/d.html (922 words)

	The Voice of Russia [ XX CENTURY: FOOTPRINTS IN HISTORY ]
		The first collection of the Paris-based House of Dior shown in February 1947 was a spectacular success revolutionizing the world of high fashion - a complete contrast to the austere utility fashions that had prevailed during and after the Second World War.
		Dior owed his passion for gardening to his mother whom he literally adored.
		Admiring Dior’s exceptional skill, Boussac gave him start up money and, enlisting the help of many other friends, at nine o’clock in the morning of December 16, 1947, Christian Dior launched his first fashion house on Avenue Montaigne in Paris.
	www.vor.ru /English/Footprints/excl_next842_eng.html (865 words)

	Some history and background on Christian Dior
		Christian Dior decided to pursue an education in political science, although his creative abilities were acknowledged by his friends and family.
		Christian Dior was sent with the French resistance to the southern border of France.
		Christian Dior was hired quickly upon his return to Paris by Lucien Lelong.
	www.cosmeticscounter.com /sohiandbaonc.html (209 words)

	TIME Style & Design Fall 2005: Mover & Shaper -- Fall 2005 Style & Design
		After all, Dior was the one who set the model for merger mania, signing up fragrance licenses and lingerie lines long before anyone else even thought of lipstick as a vehicle for fame.
		Dior accepted, on the condition that the name on the door be changed to Christian Dior.
		On Feb. 12, 1947, Dior rewrote fashion history, creating a suit with a corset jacket padded at the hips to form a peplum.
	www.time.com /time/2005/style/091305/mover___shaper_christia07a.html (377 words)

	CHRISTIAN DIOR HISTORY / BIO. - ElementofStyle.com - DESIGNER HANDBAGS FENDI HANDBAGS PRADA GUCCI CHRISTIAN DIOR MARC ...
		Laurent was very angry about this, and sued legally against Dior since he had a contract for the position with Dior.
		The house of DIOR is still one of the most successful Haute Couture houses in the world.
		In late 2001, Dior opened a new jewellery store in the Place Vendome in Paris, alongside all the leading jewellers Carter, Chaumet, Boucheron and Van Cleef and Arpels.
	www.elementofstyle.com /chdihibi.html (2916 words)

	Christian Dior, biography, Resources for Online Sale Items (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Dior was hired by Rubert Piquet in 1938 and in 1941 Dior worked for Lucien Lelong of Paris.
		Dior was on contract to Chanel to create a romantic, very feminine look.
		Dior is owned by LVMH which also owns Givenchy, Kenzo, Christian Lacroix and Louis Vuitton.
	www.gift-sets.com /christian-dior.html (162 words)

	Bangkok Post Friday 19 August 2005 - Man of the century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Divas like to "Dior", celebs flash the brand name, and even office ladies on Silom don the label _ either fake or the genuine "Made in France." Fashion icon Christian Dior has been influencing both the elite and the woman on the street since he introduced his first collection, the New Look, in 1947.
		This year marks Christian Dior's centenary, and from May till September 2005 it will be celebrated at the Christian Dior Museum in Granville, Normandy.
		His mother, who was meticulous about manners and the appearance of her house and garden, had a considerable influence on him and was his inspiration.
	www.bangkokpost.com /en/190805_Realtime/19Aug2005_real79.php (681 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 (284 words)

	Agenda Inc. Live Feed - Following Dior online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Designer Christian Dior launched his first collection in 1947, setting Paris ablaze and establishing a leading brand in the culture of couture.
		As a result, today's Dior is still perceived by consumers as prestigious and glamorous but with Galliano at the helm, the designs themselves (especially for the women's division) have taken a turn for the trendy.
		The new, eclectic Dior is bright, flashy, colorful and nouveau riche, indulging Galliano's flair for street smarts and whimsy.
	news.agendainc.com /mt-agenda/content/archives/2005/02/following_dior.html (238 words)

	GoodHumans Message Boards:Christian Dior - Biography - David Harrison Levi - Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Fashion Designer Christian Dior (1905-1957) was born in Normandy, France.
		Other retailers only carry licensed Dior products like eye-wear, lingerie, ties, Bady Dior clothing, perfumes, and other accessories.
		Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault and family control Christian Dior.
	www.goodhumans.com /Messages/Christian_dior_biography_david_harrison_levi_beverly_hills_ca_90210_usa__2420 (843 words)

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