Talking about Christian Dior is talking about fashion. The creator of the New Look, the classic Bar suit, and the Miss Dior fragrance revolutionized the way women dressed in the forties and fifties.

As a designer, Dior sold a dream full of elegance and beauty, but the truth is he lived through one of the most turbulent times in history and knew poverty and pain well. Reserved, not fond of fame, and very superstitious, he was also an exceptional businessman who in just a decade managed to turn a small workshop located in the heart of Paris into an internationally renowned brand that remains the essence of style.

Megan Hess, a prominent fashion illustrator, presents to us in these pages the multiple facets of the Dior universe: the man, the brand, and the legend.