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Miss Dior A Story of Courage and Couture (from the Acclaimed Author of Coco Chanel) by Justine Picardie is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Miss Dior A Story of Courage and Couture (from the Acclaimed Author of Coco Chanel) about?
**__Miss Dior__ is a wartime story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal and** **'a gripping story' (Antonia Fraser).** 'Exceptional . . . __Miss Dior__ is so much more than a biography. It's 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 TELEGRAPH__** __Miss 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 Picardie's 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 Ravensbrück. 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 d
Who reads Miss Dior A Story of Courage and Couture (from the Acclaimed Author of Coco Chanel)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Justine Picardie
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571356546
- Category
- nonfiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (469 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14