In celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the house of Dior comes the first volume in a series devoted to each designer of the couture house.?Dior by Christian Dior?is the ultimate compendium of the most iconic haute couture designs conceived by Christian Dior. Carefully conserved in the worlds great museums and institutions, these fashion treasures have been photographed and exclusively compiled for this indispensable collection.

Director of the Palais Galliera in Paris since 2010, Olivier Saillard is a recognized fashion historian who has curated several innovative fashion exhibitions, including the critically acclaimed Madame Grs: Couture at Work (Muse Bourdelle, 2011), an Azzedine Ala?a retrospective (Palais Galliera, 2013), Comme des Gar?ons: White Drama (Les Docks, 2012), and Cristbal Balenciaga: Fashion Collector (Les Docks, 2012). As a live performance director, he staged The Impossible Wardrobe in collaboration with British actress Tilda Swinton at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2012), then Eternity Dress (2013), and Cloakroom (2014) at the Palais Galliera. In 2015, his show Models Never Talk, featuring seven former fashion models reminiscing about their careers, was presented at the French Institute Alliance Fran?aise in New York. Most recently he curated the exhibition Louis Vuitton: Voguez, Volez, Voyagez at the Grand Palais in Paris (2016).

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