Miss Dior. A Wartime Story Of Courage And Couture

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Faber
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2021
Edition: First Edition

Description: 438 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Miss Dior is a wartime story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal and a gripping story (Antonia Fraser).Exceptional . . . Miss Dior is so much more than a biography. Its about how necessity can drive people to either terrible deeds or acts of great courage, and how beauty can grow from the worst kinds of horror.DAILY TELEGRAPHMiss Dior explores the relationship between the visionary designer Christian Dior and his beloved younger sister Catherine, who inspired his most famous perfume and shaped his vision of femininity. Justine Picardies journey takes her to wartime Paris, where Christian honed his couture skills while Catherine dedicated herself to the French Resistance and the battle against the Nazis, until she was captured by the Gestapo and deported to the German concentration camp of Ravensbrck.Tracing the wartime paths of the Dior siblings leads Picardie deep into other hidden histories, and different forms of resistance and sisterhood. She discovers what it means to believe in beauty and hope, despite our knowledge of darkness and despair, and reveals the timeless solace of the natural world in the aftermath of devastation and destruction.*A beautiful, full colour package featuring over 200 archival images.*Extraordinary . . . Picardie uses her investigative reporting skills . . . the result is Netflix-worthy and the pace page-turning . . . Catherines story shines - the quiet Dior who preferred flowers to fashion, the unsung heroine who survived the abuse of the Third Reich to help liberate France.SUNDAY TIMES

ISBN: 9780571356539