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Dior and Chanel Square Off in the Messy The New Look
Even the book by Hans Vaughan ... representation of regressive 1950s conservatism in gender ideology. Dior’s New Look directly opposed Chanel’s lovely yet practical body-liberating designs ...
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The New Look: How Christian Dior defied the Nazis and revived modern fashion
The New Look – a lavish repudiation of wartime pragmatism – went on to define Dior’s style and is now ... In his 2011 book, Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War, veteran ...