Colin McDowell, Phaidon, Milano-London 2008 (pp. 512, s.i.p.)
Christian Dior’s 1947 collection marked the beginning of a new era in the development of fashion known as the New Look. This new direction changed contemporary fashion from a specialist sector to a mass product. For the first time in history, fashion became a focal point in many people’s lives, without distinctions of age or social standing.