My Little Dive into Dior’s Head Honchos
Alright, so I got curious about Dior the other day. You see the name everywhere, right? Fancy clothes, fancy bags. But I started wondering, who’s actually sketching this stuff out? I mean, Christian Dior himself, the main man, he passed away ages ago, back in the 50s. So who picked up the pencil after him? That thought got stuck in my head.
First thing I did, naturally, was just search it up. Typed something like “who designed for Dior after Christian Dior”. And boom, a bunch of names popped up. Yves Saint Laurent was the first big one, apparently he was super young when he took over. That was kinda interesting.
Then I saw other names. Marc Bohan. Honestly, hadn’t heard much about him before, but turns out he was there for ages, like, decades. It’s funny how some names stick and others don’t, even if they were there for a long time. Then came Gianfranco Ferré, another name I sorta knew but didn’t connect straight to Dior.
Things got really splashy with John Galliano. I remember his shows, they were like crazy theatre pieces. You couldn’t miss ’em back in the day. Found some old pictures and videos, definitely wild stuff. After him, things seemed to calm down a bit with Raf Simons. Much more clean, simple lines, felt very different.
And now, it’s Maria Grazia Chiuri, the first woman in charge. I’ve seen some of her stuff, the t-shirts everyone was wearing for a bit. It’s interesting to see how the vibe changes with each person.
Trying to piece together the timeline was a bit of a task, though. You get the main names easy, but figuring out the exact years, who was doing what when, took a bit more digging. Some articles say one thing, another says something slightly different. You kind of have to cross-reference a bit.
- Started with a simple online search.
- Made a list of the names that kept coming up.
- Tried to look for pictures from each designer’s time at Dior. That helped a lot to see the style changes.
- Read a few interviews or articles focusing on specific designers to get a better feel for them.
- Got a bit lost figuring out the exact transition dates sometimes.
It wasn’t like some super deep academic research, you know? More like falling down a bit of a rabbit hole online. But it was fascinating. You think of Dior as this one solid thing, but it’s really been shaped and reshaped by all these different creative minds over the years. Each one brought their own flavour. It’s less like one continuous story and more like chapters in a book written by different authors. Makes you appreciate the clothes a bit more, knowing the history isn’t just one guy, but a whole team of head designers leaving their mark across the decades.
