Art Review STYLEetc check out the Gallery of Costume
[ Christian Dior ]
~ Designer in Focus ~ The Dior exhibition is on at the Gallery
of Costume until Sunday 12 January 2014. Entry is free.
The name Christian Dior is renowned worldwide, yet it is little known that the designer himself only headed his fashion house for ten short years, due to his untimely death in 1957. Nevertheless Dior’s designs shook the world. His first collection originally named Corolle and Huit nipped in waists and gave full skirts for his ‘Flower Women’, The style became immortalised by Harpers editor Carmel Snow who gave it the moniker the ‘New Look’.
It is with the New Look that the small but concisely executed exhibition at the Gallery of Costume begins, represented in the form of every woman’s staple: the little black dress. The gown on display from 1947 is classic New Look, with a full flowing skirt, tiny cinched waist and décolletage enhancing neckline. This simple, yet striking design certainly wouldn’t look out of place worn for a night on the tiles today. It is true that the best designs never date.
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Christian Dior with model Dorothy Emms, 1957. Image credit ©2004 TopFoto
Manchester Art Gallery, and Platt Hall until 27th January 2013. Entry is free.
Manchester Art Gallery, and Platt Hall until 27th January 2013. Entry is free.
Manchester Art Gallery, and Platt Hall until 27th Jan
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