Dior Fashion Models in Moscow During the Cold War


How Lenin, Yves Saint Laurent, and Christian Dior laid the foundation

Dior hosts its second runway show in Russia since 1959, commemorating the 120th anniversary of the founding of GUM, Moscow's main shopping mall. On July 9 th , Red Square welcomed Dior's fall.


Christian Dior (Moscow exhibition, 2011) Fashion gowns, Fashion

Designer and Luxury Moscow Exhibit Explores Dior's Heritage "Inspiration Dior" opens to the public at the Russian capital's Pushkin Museum on Thursday. By Miriam Elder April 26, 2011, 12:01am.


Dior Exhibition Moscow red square, Dior, Louvre

MOSCOW — Fifty-four years and almost exactly one month after the House of Dior made its first trip to the Soviet Union on June 10, 1959, the brand returned for a fashion show in Red Square in.


Cristian Dior. Moscow GUM, 1959 Dior models, Dior, Model

At the end of 1950s a real sensation happened in Moscow: Christian Dior models came to visit the capital of the Soviet Union. Muscovites who wandered into GU.


Dior models in the streets of Soviet Moscow, 1959 Rare Historical Photos

Discover our Dior Boutique at Petrovka Ulitsa, 11. Ready-to-wear, Bags, Small leather goods, Exotic leathers goods, Shoes, Accessories, Sunglasses


Dior meets Khrushchev French Fashion goes to Moscow 1959 Fashion

September 4, 2017 February 16, 2015 Paris Models Parade through Streets of USSR - Ordinary citizens of Moscow were greeted to the sight of three young willowy French models from the House of Dior, on a meet and greet event ahead of a five day fashion extravaganza.


Dior models in the streets of Soviet Moscow, 1959 Dior Fashion, Moda

1 A local inside the Kremlin lights up as a Dior model hands her flowers. 2 The foreign visitors check out a dapper Soviet gentleman as they head into a church on a rainy day. 3 A model strolls.


Beauty will save, Viola, Beauty in everything

The traveling exhibition Lady Dior As Seen By will arrive in Moscow starting October 16th, 2021 1 . After Shanghai, Düsseldorf, Milan, Tokyo and Berlin, this event celebrating the iconic Lady Dior as revisited by contemporary artists will take place in the heart of the Russian capital.


Dior models in the streets of Soviet Moscow, 1959 Rare Historical Photos

Indeed, the Russians in turn also invited Dior -with Yves Saint Laurent at the helm -to present its fashion show in Moscow itself [2]. The House of Dior sent eleven models and $1.5 million in.


Dior models in the streets of Soviet Moscow, 1959 Rare Historical Photos

On 10 June, twelve models, led by Yves Saint Laurent, who headed the House of Dior at the time, flew to Moscow. The numerous luggage, including clothes, jewellery, umbrellas, gloves, hats, and shoes were insured for 10 million francs. The archives of the House of Dior still keep the instructions the French received before the trip:


Dior Fashion Models in Moscow During the Cold War

Dior models in the streets of Soviet Moscow, 1959 Trailed by a crowd of locals, a trio of Dior fashion models including model Kouka Denis walk along a sidewalk, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1959. At the end of 1950s a real sensation happened in Moscow: Christian Dior models came to visit the capital of the Soviet Union.


Dior models in the streets of Soviet Moscow, 1959 Rare Historical Photos

DIOR Moscow Vrenema Goda. Dior Boutique. Closed. Kutuzovsky Prospect, 48. Moscow. 121108. RU. Link Opens in New Tab. Closed. Women's Fashion Men's Fashion Jewelry 1 more Click to expand this categories list and view all. Women's Fashion Men's Fashion Jewelry Timepieces less Click to collapse this categories list. More details.


Dior Moscow 1959 Jennifer Lawrence, Moscow, Dior, Dior Couture, J Law

« Dior in Moscow : Taste for Luxury in Soviet Fashion under N. S. Khrushchev », dans Susan E. Reid, David Crowley (ed.), Pleasures in Socialism: Leisure and Luxury in the Bloc, Northwes-tern University Press, 2010, pp. 95-120 Larissa Zakharova See Full PDF Download PDF Related Papers


Dior meets Khrushchev French Fashion goes to Moscow 1959 Glamourdaze

Dior www.dior.com +7 (495) 777 7524 1 level | 1 line Location We can hardly recall another luxury brand except for Сhristian Dior which timeline is intertwined with the timeline of GUM so oddly and closely. The fabulous appearance of models in Christian Dior apparels at the lines of Soviet GUM in 1959 marked the start.


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Written By: Ben Cosgrove Muscovites who wandered into GUM, the USSR's premier department store, one weekend in June 1959 were treated to an extraordinary scene: a trio of willowy French models, dressed in vibrantly colored suits, greeting shoppers and posing for commissioned photographers LIFE's Howard Sochurek among them.


Dior in Moscow, 1959 Винтаж гламур, Старая одежда, Фэшнфотография

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