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Christian Dior

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Christian Dior

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Also known as Dior, Christian Ernest Dior

French fashion designer (1905–1957)

OverviewAI-generated

Christian Dior (1905–1957) was a French businessperson, fashion designer, and costume designer. Born in Granville, he was educated at Collège Stanislas de Paris and worked in the field of fashion design from 1929 until his death. He spoke French and Japanese. His works are held in collections at the Design Museum Gent, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Victoria, and Centraal Museum.

Dior authored several books, including *Dior by Dior - The Autobiography of Christian Dior*, *The Little Dictionary Of Fashion. A Guide To Dress Sense For Every Woman*, and *Little Box of Style*. He had a sibling named Catherine Dior. He died of a myocardial infarction in Montecatini Terme.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, TMDb, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
21

Top works

  • La cuisine cousu-main
  • Dior by Dior - The Autobiography of Christian Dior
  • Christian Dior y yo
  • The Little Dictionary Of Fashion. A Guide To Dress Sense For Every Woman
  • Little Box of Style

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Film & TV

Costume & Make-Up · Granville, France

Known for

  • Her Dior — Himself (archive footage)2025
  • Oh, Dior! — self2017
  • Christian Dior, la France — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Discovering Fashion — Self (archive footage)2016

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
US

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,745
Total plays
67,597

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Christian+Dior">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,455x

  2. Going deeper with convolutions

    · 2015 · cited 32,860x

  3. A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling

    · 2014 · cited 30,244x

  4. The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

    · 2012 · cited 29,177x

  5. Rethinking the Inception Architecture for Computer Vision

    · 2016 · cited 22,053x

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Quotes

  • “It is unforgivable to do what one doesn't love especially if one succeeds.”
  • “I'm a mild man, but I have violent tastes.”
  • “I know very well the women. The short skirt was never a good fashion — very vulgar. The American women will accept the new fashions. You can never stop the fashions.”
  • “Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.”
  • “My dream is to save women from nature.”
  • “Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40, after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Christian
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Granville
Place of death
Montecatini Terme
Sibling
Catherine Dior
Occupation
fashion designer
Languages spoken
Japanese
Notable work
Christian Dior
Field of work
fashion design
Official website
www.dior.com
Image
Christian Dior 1954.jpg
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Commons category
Christian Dior
cause of death
myocardial infarction
date of birth
1905-01-21
date of death
1957-10-24
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Christian Dior
has works in the collection
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
start of work period
1929-01-01
end of work period
1957-01-01
handedness
right-handedness
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Crassula tillaea
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Encyclopedic overview

Christian Ernest Dior ( French: [kʁistjɑ̃ djɔʁ]; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade."

Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War II. After the war, he founded and established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In 1947, the collection debuted featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt. The New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and opulence in women's fashion.

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