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The Enchanted Gardens
Ever since the House of Dior’s inception, gardens have always served as a common thread between places, eras, and areas of expression and creation.
“I designed clothes for flower-like women, with rounded shoulders, full feminine busts and hand-span waists above enormous spreading skirts.”
Monsieur Dior’s love of flowers began in his childhood in Granville, Normandy, at the family home of Les Rhumbs. His youth followed the tempo of the seasons which, month after month, transformed the garden designed by his mother, Madeleine, overlooking the sea – an Eden that became the boy’s favourite place to play and experiment, while his main reading at the time was the Vilmorin-Andrieux horticultural catalogues.
Later, as a fashion designer, Christian Dior drew inspiration from nature; for his first collection, he created the blooming silhouette of a “femme-fleur”, enhanced by the Corolle line, described in the press release of 1947 as “dancing, very full-skirted”. Rosebuds and bell-shaped lily of the valley flowers – a particular favourite of the couturier – blossomed in his designs in the form of sumptuous embroidery and poetic prints. That floral aesthetic has been further cultivated through endless variations by his successors.
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The Dior Allure
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The Enchanted Gardens
Ever since the House of Dior’s inception, gardens have always served as a common thread between places, eras, and areas of expression and creation.
“I designed clothes for flower-like women, with rounded shoulders, full feminine busts and hand-span waists above enormous spreading skirts.”
Monsieur Dior’s love of flowers began in his childhood in Granville, Normandy, at the family home of Les Rhumbs. His youth followed the tempo of the seasons which, month after month, transformed the garden designed by his mother, Madeleine, overlooking the sea – an Eden that became the boy’s favourite place to play and experiment, while his main reading at the time was the Vilmorin-Andrieux horticultural catalogues.
Later, as a fashion designer, Christian Dior drew inspiration from nature; for his first collection, he created the blooming silhouette of a “femme-fleur”, enhanced by the Corolle line, described in the press release of 1947 as “dancing, very full-skirted”. Rosebuds and bell-shaped lily of the valley flowers – a particular favourite of the couturier – blossomed in his designs in the form of sumptuous embroidery and poetic prints. That floral aesthetic has been further cultivated through endless variations by his successors.