Exhibition: Dior en rose in Granville

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This photo taken on May 14, 2007 shows the house where French designer Christian Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast.

AFP - MYCHELE DANIAU

By: Jean-Baptiste Letondeur

3 min

No matter where you listen to us from, that name, you've heard of it.

Four letters synonymous with luxury, elegance and femininity too.

The story of a brand, but above all of a man, that of Christian Dior.

The great couturier who died in 1957 (suddenly from a heart attack) has not only revolutionized fashion.

He left a huge legacy that continues seven decades later to inspire the greatest designers. 

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An exhibition is currently devoted to him at the Dior museum in Granville in La Manche, his birthplace.

She is interested in the importance of pink, roses in her creations.

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