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Book SynopsisRemarkable Hamish Bowles, Vogue
The overdue restoration of Catherine Dior''s extraordinary life, from her brother''s muse to Holocaust survivor
When the French designer Christian Dior presented his first collection in Paris in 1947, he changed fashion forever. Dior's New Look created a striking, romantic vision of femininity, luxury, and grace, making himand his last namefamous overnight. One woman informed Dior's vision more than any other: his sister, Catherine, a Resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, and cultivator of rose gardens who inspired Dior's most beloved fragrance, Miss Dior. Yet the story of Catherine's remarkable lifeso different from her famous brother'shas never been told, until now.
Drawing on the Dior archives and extensive research, Justine Picardie's Miss Dior is the long-overdue restoration of Catherine Dior's life. The siblings' stories are profoundly intertwined: in Occupied France, as Christian h
