Where did Dior get all that fabric in 1947 Paris?

From the United States of America

Really? Those silks, and brocades?

Not possible.

The Marshall Plan?

Trans working as literal slave labor provided it.

Elves, dear.

Nazi sympathizer?

Not sure what you’re alluding to, OP?

Honest question.

Do you think Dior had access to materials he couldn’t have otherwise?

Get you mind out of the gutter, r6.

I was only asking because no internet search I did turned up an answer, not because I'm trying to say that Dior was "a Nazi".

OP, we’re talking FRANCE here! Haute couture was, and still is, a National Treasure.

Entirely different set of national values from the USA.

Nazi is more Coco's speed, isn't it?

Well la Langue Française was a National Treasure too up until incredibly recently, r6.

But they still say "Le Weekend" now, don't they?

This won't be helpful, but I believe Dior and I has an explanation of how he and textile manufacturer Marcel Boussac got the fabric. I'm reasonably sure it was from the U.S. but I cannot remember. The extra fabric, especially in the "Cherie" dress, was deliberate, meant to signal the end of rationing and the beginning of a new era.

WWII ended in 1945. 2 years later supply channels had improved. Apply the COVID TP model if you need a modern(a) model.

Ah! r11! Thank you!

[quote] but I believe Dior and I has an explanation

I don't know if that's an "Oh Dear", or if "I" is some designer's name.

I suspect r11 was referring to either a book or a documentary, r14.

"Dior and I" is the 2014 documentary.

I hate to say it but I've also seen "Les dessins de Christian Dior" (2018) subtitled and now I'm worried that's where I saw the information.

Despite the happiness of VE Day, everything was slow and painful for a long time after the end of the War.

Much of the time after VE was spent on local retributions of various types.

You are a glorious human being, r16, and just who I wanted to hear from.

Thank you.

MWAH!

All I can find when I browse through Google Books are mentions that Boussac required Dior to buy fabrics from him, but no information on where Boussac was getting that fabric.

The "Bar" dress for instance is black Boussac fabric in the skirt and a silk shantung for the blouse that may have come from China, but I'm finding no details.

But China had been so destroyed during this period too - if it hadn't I'd have assumed it came from there.

But thank you very much, r19, for browsing through Goodle books on this subject.

Kamala will be wearing an A-Line at the Inauguration.

It will require a firm corset— and that will be a good thing in order to control any of Kamala's habitual spasms of laughter at inappropriate times.

r17 infers that some of the material may have been woven from treasonous French women’s hair.

Lol darling.

No one who hacks ups such constant cackles as Kamala could ever handle a Dior waistline, much less a Dior corset.

Did I, mental patient at r23?

All I thought I was doing was pointing out was the general unrest in the country of Dior's atelier.

R23: R17 implies, you infer.

[quote]Apply the COVID TP

Pics please.

When Louis Jouvet first staged The Madwoman of Chaillot he asked the public to donate old clothes to be used as costumes, which is how the title character got her outrageous vintage outfit. Designers like Dior might have repurposed vintage gowns or even gone Scarlett O'Hara and used drapes and bedspreads.

here is a hint: Although he later faced criticism for his choices, Dior, along with various other fashion designers, found a steady market for haute couture in the wives of Nazi officers and the Berlin plutocracy, a controversial, problematic move, but one he justified as the only way to keep the fashion industry in Paris afloat throughout the war. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔.

another guess: When Dior’s friend, Balmain set up his eponymous business in 1945, Dior was spurred on by the competition. With financial support from the cotton fabric magnate Marcel Boussac, who had empty factory spaces sitting idle following the war, Dior was able to set up his own establishment at 30 Avenue Montaigne Paris in 1946, when he was 41 years old. Capitalising on the art world and commercial contacts he had been building up over the past few decades, he hit the ground running, 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

Some old aristocratic lady in Normandy had thousands of rolls of silks, velvets and brocades stored away in a barn- just in case. Many of the first dresses of the "new Look' were produced from this supply. Of course, the dresses couldn't be sold to the public as they smelled strongly of bat shit and horse piss. But, it was a start.

Boussac agreed to finance Dior if Dior used his fabrics, r29. He wasn't simply a friend with connections. But where Boussac got the fabric, and where other fabrics like the Chinese silk came from, is difficult to find an answer to.

Dior didn't have Nazi wives as clientele, per se. He was working for Lucien LeLong who did, however.

After the end of the war, the new French government made restoring the production of French luxury goods a priority. This would not have been every country’s reaction, but in the case of France, it was a brilliant decision. The wine makers, perfumers, jewelers, and couturiers probably all got financial help.

1 to 2 years after the war, OP. And France was not destroyed in the war. And fabric production had gone to war needs but the factories were producing. They weren't bombed to hell. I can guess raw materials were ways down though. Finally, Dior was not dressing hundred of thousands of clients. It wasn't all that much fabric. How many couture customers could there have been in the late 40s?

Very interesting thread. It reinforces the creed that are two types of gay men: The cognoscenti scaling the crests of the fine arts, letters, and sciences.

And those dumb as rocks.

Dior was often seen weaving in the streets of Paris late at night.

[quote]After the end of the war, the new French government made restoring the production of French luxury goods a priority.

The government prioritized the elite's need for new luxury goods over the well-being of the peasants. Quelle... shock. Every government on this planet prioritizes the elite over the peasant class.

The couture for Nazi Wives in Paris was part of the plot in a Joan Crawford WWII movie "Reunion in France". Of course, Joan tells them off as only Joan can.

[quote] The Madwoman of Chaillot

I wish I could have seen Martita in the role instead of that Hepburn mess.

Real Nazi Housewives of Paris

Episode 1:

Freidrich's mutilated penis

Quick updates to all the tattoo lampshades

Unclicking heels during falatio

[quote] The Madwoman of Chaillot

It was written as a gentle, fey comedy.

Brassy Angela Lansbury doesn't belong in gentle comedies.

Jacqueline Susann’s last stage role was in a production of that play (which got awful reviews.)