Fashion Design

• In the mid 1800's, fashion design was specifically tight corset dresses which were too tight to breath in, even though they had a gorgeous design. The women of the world wanted a change, and that change came through fashion designers we would have never thought of with much importance, until now. 

Typical 19th century dresses 

Coco - Chanel

• She was born in 1883, France. Her mother died when she was just young and her father soon abandoned her and her younger sister at an orphanage where she learnt how to sew. 
• She revolutionized the way women dress up. During her time, women were meant to wear corsets in which they could hardly breath or eat. Chanel thought of this as if women were dressed up by men. She designed clothes which were comfortable for women and stylish at the same time. She was also the first designer to put her name of a perfume line - Chanel No. 5
• Her most famous design which is still being used till today is the "Little Black Dress" which also revolutionized a woman's wardrobe. 

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  The original Little Black Dress

   Nowadays, her brand and name are seen everywhere. And designers still look back on her work to become inspired. 

Christian Dior

• Born in 1905, France, he was brought up in a wealthy family, but still he worked hard on becoming well known as an artist, as his father did not approve of his son's decisions. In fact Dior was forced into law school by his father's will only to come out still wanting to design clothes. He then opened a small gallery where he could exhibit other artist's work, his father let him as long as he wouldn't use the family name on the shop itself. The gallery then had to be closed down due to hard times in the family business. 
• His works focuses mostly on enhancing a woman's beauty and luxury. He designed clothes for many famous film stars and royalty of the time. He then began to become much more famous from his designs of after the war. During the war, clothes became a bore so he designed gorgeous dresses that re-woke the female beauty that was crushed by war. Even after death, his legacy lived on. 
• Dior re-woke the sense of female fashion after the war by removing some length to the dress but keeping the bell shape. His signature style can be found in Cherie from the sloping of the shoulders.
  

  

  Cherie by Dior

typical war clothing

Sources:-

 A+E Television Networks, LLC, 1996–2013. Coco - Chanel Biography. [online] Available at <http://www.biography.com/people/coco-chanel-9244165> [Accessed on the 5/3/14]

A+E Television Networks, LLC, 1996–2013. Christian Dior Biography. [online] Available at <http://www.biography.com/people/christian-dior-9275315> [Accessed on the 5/3/14]