Christian Dior

Christian Dior (1905-1957) ran a Paris art gallery in the 1930s, showing painters such as Dalí and Giacometti, before founding his couture house in 1946. His first collection of February 1947, soon called the New Look, redefined postwar fashion. The house later extended its name to accessories and objects for the home. Collectors of vintage Dior look for pieces with clear marks and period labels, in the refined, neoclassical taste that Dior himself cultivated.