Author: Christian Dior

Quotes

I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.

I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.

- Christian Dior

You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example.

You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example.

- Christian Dior

A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.

A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.

- Christian Dior

In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.

In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.

- Christian Dior

You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.

You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.

- Christian Dior

Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.

Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.

- Christian Dior

All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.

All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.

- Christian Dior

From his very first works, it was clear that Henri Sauguet would bring spontaneity, romance, and a nonacademic approach back to modern music.

From his very first works, it was clear that Henri Sauguet would bring spontaneity, romance, and a nonacademic approach back to modern music.

- Christian Dior

Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.

Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.

- Christian Dior

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