Many people know that Christian Dior (1905-1957) was a French fashion
designer, the founder of the world famous fashion house that carries his
name. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he once owned a small art
gallery selling work by artists including Pablo Picasso; that he
employed a young Yves Saint Laurent as his assistant; that he included a
garment in each of his shows named after his home town of Granville; and
that he had a superstitious belief in the number 8, with the house of
Dior being housed over 8 workshops in an 8-storey building in the 8th
district of Paris. This book presents a visual catwalk through his life
and work, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into
infographics to reveal the genius behind the garments.