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Jeyne Poole

Christian Dior

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The Colorama of the exhibition Christian Dior: Designer Of Dreams presents the palette of colors used by the House of @dior, represented in accessories, beauty, dresses, drawings, hats, handbags, gloves, jewelry, makeup, perfume and shoes, from 1947 to 2021, along with miniature, precisely scaled-down copies of original dress, gown and coat designs produced by the haute couture ateliers. The Dior palette demonstrates the cohesiveness of the House of Dior style that he introduced in his haute couture collections, which reinforces the sense of a harmonious vision of elegance. Of all the colors, Dior—a passionate gardener—was particularly fond of green, and wrote in his 1954 Little Dictionary of Fashion: “It is a color of Nature—and when you follow Nature for your color schemes you can never go wrong. I love to see green used in every shade and in every material— from tweed in the morning to satin in the evening. There is green for everyone and for every complexion.”   

Installation views, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, Brooklyn Museum, September 10, 2021–February 20, 2022. (Photos: Here And Now Agency)

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Sophia Loren wearing an off-white shantung suit by Miss Dior with a Fendi shoulder bag and Fendi luggage.Vogue photos April 15th, 1972 by Henry Clarke

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Emilia Clarke wearing Christian Dior Haute Couture at the ‘SOLO: A Star Wars Story’ Cannes Film Festival Premiere.

05/15/18

Credit: RCFA

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Discovered at the age of 22 emerging from an Automat in Midtown Manhattan, Dovima would become one of the most recognized and successful models of the 1950s. Her first assignment was to work with the photographer Irving Penn, and reportedly she did not smile because of a chipped tooth–this would become her signature “expressionless expression.” With twinkling eyes and balletic postures, Dovima would captivate Richard Avedon; their many impressive collaborations included Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by @dior​, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955. Soon after, she would collaborate with William Helburn for Dovima Under the El, NY, 1956 (both works are featured in #DiorDesignerOfDreams). In 1957, Dovima would have a cameo in Stanley Donen’s film Funny Face, in which Fred Astaire portrays an Avedon-style photographer and Audrey Hepburn portrays a Dovima-esque model. Dovima chose to stop her modeling career in 1962, stating, “I didn’t want to wait until the camera turned cruel.” She was 35.  ⁠

See Dovima and more of Dior's muses on view in Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams through February 20.

Installation view, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, Brooklyn Museum, September 10, 2021–February 20, 2022. (Photo: @HereandNowAgency) ⇨ William Helburn. Dovima Under the El, NY, 1956. © William Helburn/Corbis via Getty Image

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After the austerity of the war years, the inauguration of Christian Dior–New York in 1948 returned French glamour to the American market. Following his twice-yearly haute couture presentations in Paris, Christian Dior would immediately travel to New York and draw his American pret-a-porter collection, often featuring strong echoes of the Parisian models. The difference was that the Parisian models were one-of-a-kind designs tailored to the measurements of private clients with all of the work done by hand, thus haute couture—which translates as “high sewing” or “high fashion”; while the New York models were manufactured at production facilities in standard sizes (typically 10-18), thus pret-a-porter—translated as “ready-to-wear.” Though, due to Dior’s personal supervision of the New York designs, the high quality of the American fabrics, and the impeccable sewing and finishing, today it is often difficult to distinguish between the two classes of exclusive dressing from the late-1940s into the 1950s. Of the ensembles pictured here, two are from @dior’s haute-couture collection—are you able to spot them?

Head to bit.ly/diorbkm to plan your visit for Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, on view through February 20, 2022.

Installation views, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, Brooklyn Museum, September 10, 2021–February 20, 2022. (Photos: Here And Now Agency)

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Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams traces the groundbreaking history and legacy of the House of @dior. Step inside with curator Florence Müller, exhibition scenographer Nathalie Crinière, and Matthew Yokobosky, Brooklyn Museum’s Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, and get a sneak peek at how this world-renowned show came together in Brooklyn. 

See it for yourself through February 20. Head to the link in bio // Visit bit.ly/diorbkm to purchase your tickets today. #DiorDesignerofDreams

Video by Benjamin Vu, courtesy of Dior

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Brigitte Bardot being helped in her Dior gown which she will wear to the Munich Mardi Gras Bal, photo by François Pages, February 1957