On April 17, the French house announced that the former creative director of Loewe would take on a new project: "Christian Dior Couture ... development for both the designer himself and the ...

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 ...