DIOR GRAND BALL

until Sunday September 26 2010
from 10 am to 6.30 pm
Musée Christian Dior Villa « Les Rhumbs »
T : +33 (0)2 33 61 48 21
Rue d’Estouteville
50400 Granville
France

Communication:
Catherine Dufayet
T : +33 (0)1 43 59 05 05
catherine.dufayet@wanadoo.fr

The Christian Dior Museum in Granville will for the first time ever bring together over 50 Dior ball gowns for the new exhibition “The Dior Grand Ball”, from May 13 to September 26, 2010.

This remarkable new exhibition places the universe and creations of Christian Dior—haute couture, accessories and fragrances from the House of Dior, plus paintings, photographs, archive films and literary works—in a unique context: the history of balls, from the 18th century to the present. The exhibition is a tribute to Christian Dior himself, showcasing his talent and refinement, and his love of sumptuous costumes, expressed in creations for the grand balls of the post-war period. The couturier was part of myriad memorable events, including the 1949 Kings and Queens Ball, which he attended disguised as the “King of the Animals”, the Bal des Artistes (Artists’ Ball) in 1956, for which he dressed as a dandy, or the Masks and Dominos Ball hosted by Charles de Beistegui at the Palazzo Labia in Venice in 1951. Several of the gowns and parade costumes created by Christian Dior for this mythic ball - often described as “the party of the century”- will be loaned by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Musée Galliera.