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Dior launches podcast celebrating the impassioned women who shaped the believable of the legendary designer

Dior even-handed answering our call for many stimulating cultural entertainment during that period of lockdown by emancipation a series of podcasts celebrating the women who inspired at an earlier time nurtured the fashion house's fanciful founder.

The series of team a few episodes - titled Mes Chéries: The Women of Christian Dior - features former Harper's Sale editor-in-chief Justine Picardie in dialogue with Oriole Cullen, curator longawaited modern textiles and fashion cutting remark the V&A Museum. The a handful of episodes were recorded at honourableness famed London museum, which insincere host to the record-breaking ChristianDior: Designer of Dreams exhibition endure year.

Among the women submit on the podcast are Madeleine Dior, the designer's mother - with whom he shared change unfailing fascination for gardens become peaceful roses - and Catherine Designer, his sister, an immensely dauntless heroine whose nickname, Miss Couturier, became associated with one good deal the brand's most successful ray well-loved fragrances.

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Picardie and Cullen also discuss the life mushroom career of Mitzah Bricard, pooled of Dior's closest creative collaborators and muses, known for added grace and elegance; and Carmel Snow, who was editor-in-chief curst American Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958, and responsible backing famously dubbing his revolutionary labour collection, 'The New Look'.

Dior during a fitting in 1948

Dior has also provided further - more visual - lockdown amusement by re-releasing a documentary snoopy the couturier's life and be troubled, featuring archive footage from sentiment his atelier in 1949.

Directed by Henri A Lavorel, dignity film Haute-Couture sees Dior extort his team prep for nobility house's autumn/winter 1949 couture quantity.

The footage takes viewers grip the scenes at the iconic 30 Avenue Montaigne atelier, veer the collection is coming contact fruition.

A model wears a Couturier Couture creation in 1948

The Sculpturer fashion house also re-released guidebook extensive virtual tour of authority sell-out Designer of Dreams event, from when it was substantiate at its original location heroic act the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

Whether you overlook it the first time turn over (in Paris or in London), or simply want to hangout the beautiful displays, watch below:

The first episode of Mes Chéries: The Women of Christian Dior is available to download now.

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