Christian Dior - Christian Bérard: A Cheerful Melancholy

by Laurence Bénaïm

Overview

• With more than 100 images from the Dior archives, this book immerses the readers in the heart of the lives of Christian Dior and Christian Bérard

• Accompanies the Christian Bérard exhibition at the Galerie Dior in Paris in May 2023

Christian Dior and Christian Bérard met at the end of the 1920s. They immediately became friends, nourished by elective affinities and an incredible complementarity. If Christian Dior marks his time with his architectural work as a couturier who will redesign the silhouette of women for a long time, Christian Bérard is a jack of all trades – painter, illustrator, and theater designer for Jean Cocteau among others. Both have a crucial influence on their respective careers. With more than 100 images from the Dior archives, this book immerses the readers in the heart of the lives of Christian Dior and Christian Bérard.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782073020642
Publisher:	Editions Gallimard
Publication date:	11/07/2023
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Laurence Bénaïm is a French journalist, biographer, and writer. As a journalist, she works with several international magazines such as Vogue or The Business of Fashion. She is also, among other titles, the author of Yves Saint Laurent, a biography published by Rizzoli.

Editorial Reviews

"'Christian Dior, Christian Bérard. Cheerful Melancholy,' is a Gallimard-published book - created in association with Dior - which charts the couturier and painter's lives in a unique joint biography… Alongside images by Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Lee Miller, and Irving Penn, as well as pictures of archival documents and objects, the book is a richly crafted narrative about the pair's unique relationship."

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