ASSOULINE

Dior By Christian Dior Book In Black

Black and grey paper Dior by Christian Dior book from Assouline featuring 504 pages, 400 illustrations, english language and a hard cover.

To mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the house of Dior, Assouline presents a series of seven volumes that are each devoted to an iconic designer at the couture house. Supplemented with beautiful photography — including imagery of uncovered treasures photographed exclusively for this series — alongside commentary and anecdotes from esteemed fashion journalists, this book focuses on the designs of the master Christian Dior himself. Across the pages of the volume, Dior's original vision of femininity is explored via Laziz Hamani's sublime images, obtained through extensive travels to museums, institutions and private collections across the world. The result is an unprecedented series of dress 'portraits' that exquisitely reflect the couturier's inspirations, influences and outlook for the evolution of the house.

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 world’s 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 Grès: Couture at Work (Musée Bourdelle, 2011), an Azzedine Alaïa retrospective (Palais Galliera, 2013), Comme des Garçons: White Drama (Les Docks, 2012), and Cristóbal 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 Française in New York. Most recently he curated the exhibition Louis Vuitton: Voguez, Volez, Voyagez at the Grand Palais in Paris (2016).