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    Christian Dior was a French fashion designer born in 1905 in Granville, France. In 1947, he designed the "New Look" line which featured the iconic bar suit silhouette with an hourglass shape. In the 1950s, Dior created the "A-line" silhouette for dresses, skirts, and coats giving them a triangular shape. Throughout his career, Dior experimented with different silhouettes, lines, shapes, textures, patterns, and colors to define his innovative designs.

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    Christian Dior was a French fashion designer born in 1905 in Granville, France. In 1947, he designed the "New Look" line which featured the iconic bar suit silhouette with an hourglass shape. In the 1950s, Dior created the "A-line" silhouette for dresses, skirts, and coats giving them a triangular shape. Throughout his career, Dior experimented with different silhouettes, lines, shapes, textures, patterns, and colors to define his innovative designs.

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    Christian Dior was a French fashion designer born in 1905 in Granville, France. In 1947, he designed the "New Look" line which featured the iconic bar suit silhouette with an hourglass shape. In the 1950s, Dior created the "A-line" silhouette for dresses, skirts, and coats giving them a triangular shape. Throughout his career, Dior experimented with different silhouettes, lines, shapes, textures, patterns, and colors to define his innovative designs.

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    Christian Dior
    January21,1905
    Granville,France

    Mengting Zhang
    YuHsuanLee
    Fashion 21

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    In 1947.Dior designed a garment


    with used hourglass silhouette
    named: "bar suit". This design is
    more famous in the New Look
    line.

    Silhouette
    In the 1955s,Christian Dior
    created "A-line" silhouette
    garment which is used to
    describe a dress, skirt, or coat
    with a triangular silhouette.

    Unknow collection 1953

    spring/summer 1947

    Christian Dior displayed a tubular


    silhouettes for this coat.

    House of Dior spring/summer 1955

    Line
    Layers of ruffles creating lines

    Structural Lines

    Diagonal trim creating lines

    Directional Lines

    Decorative Lines
    Texture print of line

    Form Shape
    Space
    For this dress, Dior used the
    shape of BELL-SHAPE Skirt
    to design this dress.

    Christian Dior uses the Pouf


    skirt to add shape to this
    very straight figure.

    fall/winter 195758

    Unknown Collection 1959

    Texture
    With this dress, Dior used
    abstract texture.

    Fall/winter 195657
    Christian Dior

    In this design,Dior added simulated texture for this


    dress.
    Unkown collection 195254

    Pattern&Color
    With this dress,
    Dior created a
    motif with
    beautiful abstract
    floral print
    pattern. Inspired
    by nature
    Creamy-white dress with
    natural object pattern.

    Cocktail ensemble
    spring/summer 1956

    Christian Dior May ca. 1953 via

    The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Cites:
    http://cdni.condenast.co.uk/426x639/a_c/cdior-12_v_5apr12_rex_b_426x639.jpg Slide 1
    http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ci/web-large/DT207689.jpg Slide 2- left
    http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ci/web-large/264092.jpg Slide 2- middle
    http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ci/web-large/DT223201.jpgSlide 2- right
    http://stylevanity.com/2011/07/vintage-christian-dior-dresses-part-2.html Slide 3- right
    http://images.vogue.it/imgs/galleries/encyclo/stilisti/009156/be040061-1517_0x420.jpg Slide3-middle
    http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dior.jpg Slide 3- left
    http://lecornacchiedellamoda.blogspot.com/2012/11/tador-christian-dior.html Slide 4- right
    http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ci/web-large/264128.jpg Slide 4 -bell shaped
    http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ci/web-large/68.129.9a-b_CP3.jpg Slide5 Right
    http://assets.vogue.com/photos/55c6519408298d8be224320b/master/pass/00150m.jpg Slide 5- left
    http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ci/web-large/64.256.2a-b_CP3.jpg Slide6-left
    http://stylevanity.com/2011/07/vintage-christian-dior-dresses-part-2.html Slide 6-right pic

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