Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

• Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

70 years ago, December 16, 1946, Christian Dior opened his fashion house in Paris with a staff of 85 employees and initial capital of 6 million francs.

In the anniversary we decided to recall, as Christian Dior came in 1959 in the USSR, and became thus the first Western fashion house to visit the Land of the Soviets. We present to you an interesting report on how the visit of French fashion in Moscow thaw period.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959 Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

So, in June 1959 Air France plane with 12 models under the direction of Yves Saint Laurent, who then headed the house "Dior", landed in Moscow. It was the first visit to the designer of the capitalist countries in the Soviet Union, and it has attracted much public attention.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

Fashion took place in the hall "Work" House of Culture "Wings of the Soviets." They are allowed only by invitation, which were given the nomenclature, the relatives of officials as well as representatives of the textile and light industry. He recalls the designer Irina Krutikova, visit one of the shows: "The models were low, lean, walked slowly down the runway. Some kits have a Russian name - "Hope", "Tatiana". "

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

In the five days on 14 hits. Each of the models out on the podium 140 times.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

There is even a legend that the French used the 12, 5 liters of spirits of "Dior", although brought 500. The rest, apparently, went on gifts wives of Soviet officials.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

The models, as can be seen from the following pictures of the American magazine the LIFE, walking and much photographed in GUM, in the central streets of the capital, and even visited the usual Moscow market.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

Communication with the Muscovites on the stairs in GUM.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

In some of the photographs seen turbulent emotions Muscovites, faced with the "ornate foreign women."

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

That aesthetic shock suffered by the citizens of the Soviet Union, looking at the Parisian beauties in "foreign" clothing requires no comments - shocked faces imprinted impartial camera lens Howard Sochureka.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

Models "Dior" in GUM.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

The boy and a model "Dior".

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

In the center of Moscow.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

Models of the Soviet family.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

The Kremlin walls.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959 Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

On the territory of the Moscow Kremlin.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

With the Soviet children.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

Walk on the Moscow market.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

Photo session in the market.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

And with guns soda.

Christian Dior: How was your first visit to Moscow in 1959

In Moscow.

Immediately after the screenings of French women were taken to show the clothes to the factories on the outskirts of Moscow. And then on the plane was sent to Archangel, to the inhabitants of the Polar region is also able to assess the European fashion.