2021 Seminar: Frontiers of Fashion
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Start Date
10-3-2021 4:00 PM
Description
URI Alumna Cynthia Cooper, a textile and fashion curator, provided a virtual tour of the McCord Museum's exhibition on Christian Dior. The show was divided into day, afternoon, and evening wear. It featured Dior's famous New Look, a post WWII silhouette that appeared in all of Dior's twenty-two collections. Dior opened his house in 1947 and was so successful that by the time of his death in 1957, Dior products made up 5% of France's exports.
Christian Dior
URI Alumna Cynthia Cooper, a textile and fashion curator, provided a virtual tour of the McCord Museum's exhibition on Christian Dior. The show was divided into day, afternoon, and evening wear. It featured Dior's famous New Look, a post WWII silhouette that appeared in all of Dior's twenty-two collections. Dior opened his house in 1947 and was so successful that by the time of his death in 1957, Dior products made up 5% of France's exports.
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Summary by Jenny Binet