![]() ![]() His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. “This changes everything.”ĭior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. They needed to dream anew.Īnd Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. ![]() Vintage Dior bags, shoes, evening dresses, shirts and other garments and accessories are known today for their feminine and sophisticated sensibility.ĭior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. You will receive another email once you have collected your order as confirmation.When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion. To collect your order you will need to show your confirmation email, and a form of ID (passport, driver's licence, or bank card.) You will need photo ID to collect a Hermès item. Your order should be ready to collect 2 hours after placing it (store opening times apply) but please wait for confirmation it's ready to collect before arriving. You will receive an email confirmation once your order is placed, then another email once it is ready to collect. If you wish to Pickup, select the option at the checkout. ![]() Please check you are able to get to the location if you wish to collect. The item(s) will be available to collect from the location where it is housed (either London or Dubai.) If you have multiple items in your order that are housed in different locations, the Pickup option won't appear. In Store PickupĪt the checkout, you may be offered the choice to collect your item(s) in store. Credit card companies may apply additional charges such as currency fees for international purchases. The cards are charged via our secure payment partners Stripe, PayPal and for the order value, plus shipping. We accept payments from all major credit cards (including American Express). Local regulations may also prohibit import of items made with exotic materials.įor further information, please check out our Terms and Conditions Payments CurrencyĪll our transactions are in GBP, any other currencies quoted on our site are for guidance only. In the rare event that we are unable to successfully deliver items due to a mismatch in live inventory, Luxury Promise will cancel the order and make a full refund. Luxury Promise makes every effort to maintain live product listings. The placement of an order does not guarantee delivery of an item. For UK shipments, we offer a Next Day service (except weekends). Items shipping to anywhere else in the world will arrive within 7-10 workings days, subject to any required customs clearance, see below.* Delivery exceptions Processing timeĪll items are shipped via our trusted partner DHL. Luxury Promise is not liable for delays in orders because of custom clearance issues at destination. Luxury Promise provides DHL with all required shipping information upon dispatch, and any additional duties or taxes will be calculated by DHL and payment will be taken at time of delivery. All items are shipped from the UK, Dubai, USA or Singapore and may be subject to local import taxes or custom duties.
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