On February 12, 1947, a new couturier named Christian ... wrote Monsieur Dior. “I love you.” Envisioning a globe peopled with customers clad in head-to-toe Dior, the designer set about ...

The French designer Christian Dior is credited with changing the face of fashion in the years immediately following the end of World War Two. His exquisite gowns were modelled on catwalks in Paris ...