voluminous skirts made up Christian Dior’s “New Look”, his first collection, in 1947. After the years of scarcity and austerity amid World War 2, there was a lush muchness to these clothes.
It seemed so natural and obvious for me to walk the Cannes red carpet in Dior. I was lucky enough that they created a custom outfit for me, and we chose the 1947 “New Look” Bar suit—which is ...