Fashion designer Christian Dior was born on January 21, 1905, in Granville, Manche, France. He died on October 24, 1957.
He aspired to become a diplomat and enrolled at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris in 1920. However, due to his strong interest in art, he gave up his diplomatic career and opened an art gallery. He developed friendships with many artists, including Dali and Cocteau, but the gallery closed due to financial problems. In the 1930s, he sketched haute couture designs to make a living, and the popularity of these led him to begin working as a fashion designer.
In 1946, he established his own fashion house at 30 Avenue Montaigne, Paris, and held his first fashion show the following February. The slim waist and long skirt silhouette used in this collection were dubbed the "New Look," and it shocked the fashion world. He was also the first to name and release a new line each season, a practice that was well received by the general public and the media as it was easy to understand. In 1948, he also founded the perfume division, Parfums Christian Dior.

He was a leading figure in the Paris haute couture world for 11 years, from 1947 to 1957, but died at the young age of 52. The brand was taken over by Yves Saint-Laurent, who was 21 at the time. Even at that young age, Yves was said to have drawn up the same lines as the new designs Dior was thinking about.

The current designers are Raf Simons for women's wear and Kris Van Assch for men's wear.