“The bag’s architectural form is a timeless emblem of the maison … its elegance and modernity.”
he worlds of art and fashion have always aligned in Christian Dior’s creative universe. Before launching his legendary house with the New Look of 1947, Monsieur Dior spent his early career among the glittering artistic milieu of interwar Paris, exhibiting work by Picasso, Dalí and other avant-garde luminaries at the gallery he co-directed in the city’s 8th arrondissement. Throughout his life the couturier remained a dedicated patron, collaborator and close friend of many artists. And by channelling the painterly principles of colour and line with his voluptuously sculpted silhouettes,