BOHAN Marc (Designer)

In the preamble to Marc Bohan's show for Christian Dior, the designer and his model, wearing a slim cardigan jacket over a belted dress, pose for American Vogue. Bohan won plaudits for restoring haute couture to the tradition set by the grand couturiers, when he was appointed chief designer and artistic director of the house of Dior in succession to Yves Saint Laurent in 1960. He was of his time, however, and was able to communicate a youthful spirit. His collection for winter 1966, influenced by the film Doctor Zhivago (1965), started the craze for fur-trimmed, belted tweed coats worn with long, black boots. Marc Bohan gained valuable practical experience in fashion from his mother, who was a milliner. Between 1945 and 1958 he worked for the fashion houses of Piguet, Molyneux and Patou. Having left Dior in 1989, he moved to London where he was enlisted in an attempt to revive the house of Norman Hartnell. 

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