Coinciding with a Spring exhibition at the V&A, a visual and informative overview of Christian Dior's defining body of work as a fashion designer, establishing 'the New Look' across the years from 1947 to 1957.
Alexandra Palmer is the Nora E. Vaughan Senior Curator of Costume at the Royal Ontario Museum, where she has curated numerous exhibitions including Elite Elegance: Couture Fashion in the 1950s. Her books include Couture and Commerce: the Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s, Old Clothes, New Looks: Second Hand Fashion, and Christian Dior: History and Modernity.