There were flowers everywhere: Affixed to the brooch of one model, cascading down the shoulders of another. They came in the form of tulip-root-shaped dresses, silk cyclamen ear muffs, velvet etching, ...
Christian Dior’s debut collection for spring 1947, presented on February 12 of that year in the salons of 30 Avenue Montaigne, prompted the following from famed editor Carmel Snow: “My dear Christian, ...