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Black and white short dress, with long sheer sleeves that create a halter neck-effect with the wool checked bodice embroidered with black and white sequins and rhinestones, knee-length skirt made of silk crepe.
Late Eighties
Christian Dior was born in Granville, a seaside town on the coast of Normandy, France, the second of the five children of Maurice Dior, a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer (the family firm was Dior Frères), and his wife, the former Isabelle Cardamone. He had four siblings: Raymond (father of Françoise Dior), Jacqueline, Bernard, and Ginette (aka Catherine). When Christian was about five years old, the family moved to Paris, France, but still returned to the Normandy coast for summer vacations. Dior's ...