Dior Catwalk: The Complete Collections

This book brings together, for the first time, every Dior haute couture collection, including also ready-to-wear collections following the arrival of John Galliano (when ready-to-wear presentations took on a new importance), and the first two collections designed by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, appointed in 2016. It offers a unique opportunity to trace the development of one of the world’s most celebrated fashion brands and to discover rarely seen collections. This definitive publication opens with a concise history of the House of Dior before exploring the collections themselves, which are organised chronologically. Each new era in Dior’s history is inaugurated by a brief description and biography of the new designer, while individual collections are introduced by a short text revealing their influences and highlights and illustrated with carefully curated catwalk images. An enriched reference section, including an extensive index, concludes the book. After Chanel, Dior is the second volume in a series of high-end, cloth-bound books that offer a comprehensive and unrivalled overview of the collections of the world's greatest fashion houses through original catwalk photography.