FASHION EXPLOSIONS
The work of every fashion dictator such as Christian Dior looks like a volcano, which eruptions resound not only through the years but also through decades and even centuries. Which are the strongest fashion explosions in Dior’s work? The pioneer role of the maestro, mentioned in each textbook for young designers and in fashion encyclopedias and dictionaries, is visible even in his first collection, which media extremely reasonable called “new look”. Tight bodices and skirts in shape of bell grab the attention of connoisseurs and consumers for a long time. After the poverty and misery during The World War II suddenly a creator appears and he offers women’s clothes, made of the most expensive fabrics in amazing volumes. It is said that more than 20 meters of fabric was needed to make only one of these dresses.
The work of every fashion dictator such as Christian Dior looks like a volcano, which eruptions resound not only through the years but also through decades and even centuries. Which are the strongest fashion explosions in Dior’s work? The pioneer role of the maestro, mentioned in each textbook for young designers and in fashion encyclopedias and dictionaries, is visible even in his first collection, which media extremely reasonable called “new look”. Tight bodices and skirts in shape of bell grab the attention of connoisseurs and consumers for a long time. After the poverty and misery during The World War II suddenly a creator appears and he offers women’s clothes, made of the most expensive fabrics in amazing volumes. It is said that more than 20 meters of fabric was needed to make only one of these dresses.
That’s how Dior himself remembers that time: “We emerged from a period of war, uniforms and women-soldiers who looked like boxers. I was creating women-flowers with flourishing breasts slim waists which looked like liana and skirts which looked like flowers”.
Central place in the exhibition was kept for the work of the creator of the new look, the genius Christian Dior. Visitors could see program patterns from his collection, shown for the first time in 12th February 1947 which scandalized society with their wastefulness – unusual luxury and a new, really revolutionary concept of fashion. The suggestion of this exhibition was that Christian Dior is the first fashion creator, who, after the World War II restores the high taste and sets the ultimate romanticism and new extravagancy. I really enjoyed not only the contemplation of the well known “new look” silhouette, but also of the gorgeous evening gown, worn by Marlene Dietrich in 1949, as well as other wonderful models, made by Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli and others.
1947 brought Dior's groundbreaking New Look collection. Christian Dior almost single handedly redefined the of-the-moment silhouette for women. Gone were boyish figures; women now craved hourglass looks, big bust and hips, with a tiny waist. Dieting became a hot trend, in order to fit into the dresses; overt feminimity became "in", and independence fell into the shadows.
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