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How an anarchist music student become of the fashion greats: the life of Christian Dior

9 February 2019

9:00 AM

9 February 2019

9:00 AM

Strange to think when you visit the Christian Dior show at the V&A that his time as designer was so very short. From the first show in 1947 when he brought the war to an end — at least in terms of clothes — with the New Look, to his sudden death at the age of 52 was just a decade.

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