![]() Yet what makes the glamour of Dior’s collection even more compelling to us today is the dark backdrop it was set against. Few knew then that just eighteen months before, Dior’s youngest sister, Catherine, had been liberated from the German concentration camp at Ravensbrück. It was christened the ‘New Look’ by the editor of Harper’s Bazaar, Carmel Snow, because it stood in such stark contrast to the sober women’s fashion of recent years. His designs were characterised by enormous, fairy-tale-like skirts and hyper-feminine silhouettes. In 1947, Christian Dior launched his debut collection in Paris and became a sensation. The youngest sister of the renowned French designer, Catherine’s story of survival during World War 2 is one of great courage and it is being told at last. ![]() Writer and journalist Justine Picardie takes us back to 1947 to meet resistance fighter Catherine Dior.
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