• Dior’s evolution: from Yves to Galliano and the years in between

    “I’m not a tailor, but a happiness maker.” (Yves Saint Laurent) Yves Saint Laurent at Dior It was 1957 when Christian Dior announced to the mother of his Algerian assistant, Yves Saint Laurent, hired two years before at the age of 19, that her son would have become the new revelation of the Fashion World and the new source of happiness for many women from that moment onward. “The most beautiful gown that can dress a woman are the arms of the man who loves her. However, for those who have not the possibility to find this happiness, I’m here.” Saint Laurent said. Yves Saint Laurent at Dior One year later, he…