Christian Dior

1905 - 1957 (age 52) • Costume & Make-Up

Born: 1/21/1905 in Granville, France

Died: 10/24/1957 (age 52)

Known for: Costume & Make-Up

Christian Dior

Christian Dior was a French fashion designer whose New Look—characterized by ultrafeminine and highly sculptured clothing—dominated fashion in the decade following World War II. His eponymous fashion house is one of the most well-known in the world.

Known For

Stage Fright

68%

Costume Design

1950

The Man Who Loved Women

71%

Costume Designer

1977

Arabesque

63%

Costume Design

1966

The Grass Is Greener

64%

Costume Design

1960

The Strange Ones

66%

Costume Design

1950

No Highway in the Sky

70%

Costume Design

1951

Free Zone

56%

Makeup Designer

2005

Indiscretion of an American Wife

59%

Costume Design

1953

Her Dior

Himself (archive footage)

2025

Christian Dior, la France

65%

Self (archive footage)

2017

Oh, Dior!

80%

self

2017

Discovering Fashion

Self (archive footage)

2016

Free Zone

56%

Makeup Designer

2005

Alice

72%

Editor

1988

The Man Who Loved Women

71%

Costume Designer

1977

Creezy

58%

Costume Design

1974

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

52%

Costume Design

1970

With Love, Sophia

100%

Costume Designer

1967

Arabesque

63%

Costume Design

1966

Black Tights

66%

Costume Design

1961

The Grass Is Greener

64%

Costume Design

1960

Libel

68%

Costume Design

1959

A Kiss for a Killer

56%

Costume Design

1957

The Little Hut

64%

Costume Design

1957

The Country I Come From

68%

Costume Design

1956

Paris, Palace Hôtel

60%

Costume Design

1956

The Ambassador's Daughter

49%

Costume Design

1956

Daughters of Destiny

46%

Costume Designer

1954

Indiscretion of an American Wife

59%

Costume Design

1953

No Highway in the Sky

70%

Costume Design

1951

Under the Paris Sky

75%

Costume Design

1951

The Strange Ones

66%

Costume Design

1950

The Century Is Fifty

70%

Costume Design

1950

Stage Fright

68%

Costume Design

1950

Silence Is Golden

69%

Costume Design

1947

Passionnelle

67%

Costume Design

1947