The Many Lives of Christian Dior - Episode 4 - Becoming a Couturier
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Drawing now occupied a special place in the life of Christian Dior. He made himself known to grand couturiers and renowned milliners alike, with much success. So much so that Robert Piguet offered him a job as a designer in his couture house. Christian could finally, excitingly give life to his sketches. But 1939 brought the beginning of the Second World War. Christian Dior was mobilized and had to leave Paris.