Justine Picardie Miss Dior : A Wartime Story of Courage & Couture Paperback Book

Miss Dior is a wartime story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal and a gripping story (Antonia Fraser).The New Look, a new Apple TV drama series starring Maisie Williams as Catherine Dior in a role inspired by Justine Picardies Miss Dior is out nowExceptional . . . Miss Dior is so much more than a biography. Its about how necessity can drive people to either terrible deeds or acts of great courage, and how beauty can grow from the worst kinds of horror. DAILY TELEGRAPHMiss Dior explores the relationship between the visionary designer Christian Dior and his beloved younger sister Catherine, who inspired his most famous perfume and shaped his vision of femininity. Justine Picardies journey takes her to wartime Paris, where Christian honed his couture skills while Catherine dedicated herself to the French Resistance and the battle against the Nazis, until she was captured by the Gestapo and deported to the German concentration camp of Ravensbrck. Tracing the wartime paths of the Dior siblings leads Picardie deep into other hidden histories, and different forms of resistance and sisterhood. She discovers what it means to believe in beauty and hope, despite our knowledge of darkness and despair, and reveals the timeless solace of the natural world in the aftermath of devastation and destruction. A beautiful, full colour package featuring over 200 archival images. Extraordinary . . . Picardie uses her investigative reporting skills . . . the result is Netflixworthy and the... | Justine Picardie Miss Dior : A Wartime Story of Courage & Couture Paperback Book