Christian Dior cover art

Christian Dior

The Man Who Made the World Look New

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 Months Free

$8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Get this deal
Offer ends on July 15, 2026 at 11:59 PT.
More purchase options

Christian Dior

Written by: Marie-France Pochna
Narrated by: Nadia May
Get this deal

$8.99/mo. after 3 months. Cancel anytime. Offer ends July 15, 2026 at 11:59pm PT.

Buy Now for $24.98

Buy Now for $24.98

Christian Dior's career, a veritable fairy tale, is set in a rich tapestry of Paris cultural life before, during, and after the war. Much of Dior's daily inspiration emanated from the world of the intellectual and artistic elite, in which he moved with such people as Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, Henry Sauguet, Jean Cocteau, and Raoul Dufy.

Born at the end of an era in which luxury seemed reserved only for the happy few, Dior again revolutionized the world of fashion by introducing, in the early 1950s, "ready-to-wear" in his Dior Boutique. Until then, couturiers had worked essentially if not exclusively for the very rich and famous. With his boutique, Dior brought high fashion to the world at large. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the "New Look", New York's Metropolitan Museum mounted a major Dior retrospective in the winter of 1996-97.

Translated from the French by Joanna Savill.

©1994 Editions Flammarion; Translation ©1996 Arcade Publishing, Inc.; (P)1997 Blackstone Audiobooks Art
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

What the critics say

"An elegantly written, sparkling portrait." (Publishers Weekly)
All stars
Most Relevant
This was an interesting biography in that the author didn’t know much about her subject before she decided to start researching… it made me wonder if she could possibly write as thorough a piece as someone who knew him, worked in the industry, or had at least had a lifelong fascination with the man. It was ok, but Dior never really came alive to me, and I think this may be why.

Fairly good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.