Christian Dior was born in the year 1905, in France on the French coastline, in a small town called Grenville. Dior lived in this town when he was about 5 years old, and then he grew up and moved with his family for Paris, France. Christian Dior fell upon hard times, with the untimely death of both his mother and his brother, and he moved to the Soviet Union. He was hurting very bad financially, so an old-time friend of his gave him a place to stay and he also helped him start his career sketching dresses and hats.
Christian Dior started to sell his sketches, and some famous actresses loved them and purchased them. In 1941 when Christian Dior was out of the military he moved back to Paris — and he joined another designer by the name of Lucien Lelong. Dior stayed with him until 1946 when he moved out on his own, and got his own salon and designed for himself. Dior’s first show was 90 outfits that were worn by six girls. Read the rest of this entry »
