Girl in Dior
(eComic)

eComic

English

9781561639151

Winner of: YALSA 2016 Great Graphic Novels for Teens! The Girl in Dior is Clara, a freshly hired chronicler, fan of fashion and our guide in the busy corridors of the brand new house of Christian Dior. Its February 12, 1947 and the crme de la crme of Paris Haute Couture is flocking to the momentous event of Diors first show. In a flurry of corolla shaped skirts, the parade of models file down the runway. The audience is mesmerized: its a triumph! Carmel Snow of Harpers Bazaar cries out: It's quite a revolution, your dresses have such a new look! Diors career is launched and Claras story begins. Soon, she is picked by Dior himself to be his model A biography docudrama marrying fiction and the story of one of the greatest couturier in history, it is also a breathless and stunning presentation of his best designs such as Lauren Bacall wore, rendered by bestselling artist Annie Goetzinger, seen for the first time on this side of the Atlantic.

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