The Dior Bar suit is one of the most influential designs in the history of fashion. On February 12, 1947, Christian Dior presented this voluminous skirt combined with a jacket featuring a tiny waist, a pronounced bust, and enhanced hips in his first collection in the salons of 30 Avenue Montaigne. After the show, the editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar, Carmel Snow, exclaimed: -It's quite a revolution, dear Christian Your dresses have such a new look - The phrase made headlines.
Dior's New Look transformed the zeitgeist of a postwar France and heralded a storied career for his...