A new coffee table publication that charts the evolution of a designer like Christian Dior is never unnecessary which makes it all the more delightful to report that Dior have now announced the launch of Monsieur Dior Once Upon A Time by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni. A perfect stocking filler, the new book unveils a never-before-seen side of Christian Dior’s world and comes brimming with archive documents and testimonial after testimonial from those close the man himself, a designer who proclaimed, “All women should have a good fairy. That is the couturier’s role”.
Christian Dior
La Maison Dior
The Dior Grey
Pieced together by Paris-based writer and journalist Fraser-Cavassoni, a prolific writer and active collaborator with the House of Dior, following her previous contributions to the Dior Glamour by Mark Shaw, her avid documentations don’t leave too many stones unturned (via gritzner). A vivid portrait of the iconic brand’s founder is painted swiftly following the story behind his first couture show in 1947, a show that transformed fashion into what we know it as today and lead to the subsequent determination and dedication to refinement that characterised Dior.
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart
The fashion shows
Time-honoured Dior personalities like the legendary Marlene Dietrich and the late Lauren Bacall, who granted Fraser-Cavassoni one of her last interviews especially for Once Upon A Time, frame the master couturier’s story with a glamorous aplomb and instantly start the ball rolling for content of an equal high ebb. This title is a fine testament the a house that endeavours to keep its founder’s memory and comparatively his legacy alive and well, over 65 years after his death. If you are looking for a book that gives you the closest thing to a real fashion fairy-tale, this is what you’ll want to look into.
Monsieur Dior Once Upon A Time is available now
by Liam Feltham
Images courtesy of Dior