Designer Profiles

art shop, resulting in him working
with the designer Robert Piguet until
he was recruited to serve in the war.
At the end of his service, he went to
work for Lucien Long the couturier
as primary designer with Pierre
Balmain. Later, in 1946 he
established the iconic Dior fashion
house. As the brand gained more
and more fame, it caught the
interest of a multitude of celebrity
and other high profile clients, even
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Dior
The young and creative
Christian Dior began as an art
retailer with his friend, selling pieces
from the famous Pablo Picasso
amongst other artists after his
completion of school. Due to the
great depression and tragedy within
his family, he was forces to close his
the Royal family of Britain who
invited him to have a private
showcase. Later he created a readyto-wear
line, and two perfumes one
of which was titled “Ms. Dior” after
his sister who survived a
concentration camp which she was
placed in for joining the French
resistance. Dior also became the
first fashion house to have licensed
productions of its designs, meaning
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