- Publisher
- V&A Publishing
- Published
- 2007
- Shelf
- fashion: Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781851775170
Memoir
Dior by Dior
Christian Dior
Dior's own account of the New Look years, written near the end of a career that lasted ten seasons and changed everything.
Why read it
He is plain about the parts a designer is usually coy about: the money, the fear before a show, the superstitions, the way a house runs. The description of building a collection from the first sketch to the fitting room is the closest thing there is to seeing inside a couture house at its height.
Why own it
It is a primary source, not a book about Dior, and it reads in an evening. Anybody working in fashion should have read the founder in his own words at least once.
Who it is for
Fashion students, and anyone curious about how a house actually operates.
Opens a search on AbeBooks, a network of independent and antiquarian sellers, which is where a good part of this shelf has to be found, because it is out of print.
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