2018 DENVER: DIOR - FROM PARIS TO THE WORLD
An exhibit from Paris showing at the Denver Art Museum, the House of Dior is shown from the historical beginnings before WWII to today. Photographs are allowed in all areas except for one room of photographs.
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Yves Saint Laurent - The Little Prince of Fashion
from Dior exhibit handout: Yves Saint Laurent (1936 – 2008) was just 19 when Christian Dior hired him as an assistant in 1955. After the designer’s unexpected death of a heart attack at age 52 in 1957 and despite Dior having designated him as his successor, the company’s management hesitated to entrust him with leadership of the House of Dior. But the success of Saint Laurent’s first Dior collection in 1958 reassured them. The trapezoidal silhouette of the dresses liberated the female body from the constraints of fitted cuts and announded the free spirit of the 60s.
