DIOR - THE DOWNFALL
Dior had dreams of becoming an architect, but he had an amazing talent in fashion illustrations. The art gallery was the start of his success however it didn't go the way he had expected. In 1931 after around 3 years of it being open he was forced to close his art gallery for many devastating reasons. During this year his mother and elder brother passed away and his fathers business collapsed, with a family full of grief and a lack of money Christian was more determined than ever to achieve success. The great depression which went on from around 1929 until 1940 had a massive impact of the collapse of his fathers business and made it more difficult for Christian to achieve the success he wanted at the time.
After the close of Diors gallery he became very poorly with tuberculosis and his friends sent him for treatment. When he returned to Paris he found himself with no income and no place to live. One of Diors friends took him in and let him live there and Dior went back to selling his sketches to make money. This was in fact after he sold his last canvas 'Le plan de Paris'. However instead of selling his sketches for pocket money, he was selling them so he had the ability to make money to live off. He had a great love in fashion illustrations, he began selling these illustrations to the magazine 'Figaro Illustre'. The public went crazy for his hat sketches, which from the pictures below (dated years after he became a designer) you can tell why. They are amazing!
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| The blue hat, 1949 |
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Mrs Jean Charpentier, 1947
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