Girl in Dior

The January 2, 2015, edition of the Wall Street Journal features an article about graphic novelists who are reaching out to a female audience. "The New Wave of Graphic Novels" by Jennifer Maloney mentions Girl in Dior by Anne Goetzinger, who has been described as "one of the Grandes Dames of French comics." Ms. Goetzinger grew up in a family of dressmakers before beginning her career as an illustrator. Her book, which has been published in France as Jeune Fille en Dior, will be published by NBM in the United States in March 2015. This graphic novel, which features a girl named Clara, takes place in Paris on February 12, 1947, the day of Christian Dior's first couture show. The story relates the history of the House of Dior while describing Clara's transformation from young reporter to jeune fille, the term for a Dior house model. Here are some photos:

"Girl in Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

Photo via NDM. 

"Jeune Fille en Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

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"Jeune Fille en Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

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Christian Dior in 1947. 

Photo: © Emile Savitry/Rapho/Eyedea.” 

Text by Jeffrey Simpson. 

“Fashionably Inspired” 

Architectural Digest (May 2008).

 "Jeune Fille en Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

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"Girl in Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

Photo via NBM. 

  "Jeune Fille en Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

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 "Jeune Fille en Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

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  "Jeune Fille en Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

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"Jeune Fille en Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

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"Girl in Dior" by Anne Goetzinger (NBM).

Photo via Christian Dior website. 

"Girl in Dior" by 

Photo via NBM. 

"Girl in Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

Photo by NBM. 

 "Jeune Fille en Dior" by Anne Goetzinger.

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Here is a photo of Dior's iconic "Bar Suit," which appears in Anne Goetzinger's Jeune Fille en Dior/Girl in Dior:

 “In 1947, Christian Dior presented a collection of wasp-waisted and hip-padded designs. The American press immediately dubbed it the ‘New Look.’ The ‘Bar’ suit was considered the most iconic model in the collection, manifesting all the attributes of Dior’s dramatic atavism. Although Dior created many notched collars, he was a fervent advocate of shawl collars and curved necklines. Arguably, the shawl collar plays effectively with the curvaceous forms Dior articulated at the shoulders and hips. The full pleated calf-length skirt, of black wool, is a replica of the original skirt of the suit. Marc Bohan ordered it made up in the Dior workroom to complete the suit for The Costume Institute Collections.” 

Photo via The Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

The "Bar Suit" even made an appearance in a Dior Toile produced by F. Schumacher: 

“Dior Toile was part of a 1997 line by Gramercy, then a division of F. Schumacher and Co., introduced to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Christian Dior’s first couture collection. It continued the firm’s tradition of looking to the fashion world for innovative designs—and designers—for its fabrics and wallcoverings." 

Photo courtesy of F. Schumacher and Co. 

Text by Jeffrey Simpson. 

“Fashionably Inspired” 

Architectural Digest (May 2008).