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Fashion Designer Christian Dior (1905-1957) born in Normandy, France. Acceding to his parents' wishes to become a diplomat, Christian Dior attended the Ecole des Sciences Politiques from 1920 to 1925, but his only wish was to be involved in the arts. After Military service in the 1930s Dior started doing sketches for haute couture houses and in 1938 he was hired by Robert Piguet. In 1946 he designed for Marcel Boussac. Boussac was interested in Dior's new idea using lots of layers of extravagant fabrics. Following that Dior established his main fashion house in 1949 with the backing of Boussac. His designs were sensual, feminine; he was a master at creating shapes and silhouettes; giving his models a very curvaceous form. His "New Look" revolutionized women's dresses and reestablished Paris as the center of the fashion world after World War II.

In 1953, Dior hired Yves Saint Laurent as an assistant. After Dior's sudden death in October 1957 in Italy, Saint Laurent became head designer and introduced the trapeze dress in his first collection for the house. When Saint Laurent was called for military duty in 1960, Marc Bohan took over, remaining until Gianfranco Ferre became designer in 1989. In 1996 John Galliano took over the reins to become the Chief Fashion designer at Dior.