From the Lady Dior to the Saddle Bag, a History of Dior Handbags

From the Lady Dior to the Saddle Bag, a History of Dior Handbags

2nd Oct 2021

The history of handbags at Dior is as long and lovely as that of the house itself. Soon after Monsieur Diorgave the world his Corelle line in 1947, he was busy accessorizing his swan-neck, wasp-waist mannequins with satin clutches and kiss-lock leather satchels. To provide a timeline, the house of Dior was technically founded on Paris’s tony Avenue Montaigne in 1946, and the maison’s fashion history-making New Look line was presented in 1947. To say the world had gone cuckoo for Christian Dior would not be an overstatement; reports show that by 1949, Dior’s confections for the closet accounted for nearly three-quarters of France’s fashion exports. All over the globe were Miss Diors in the making, pining to present themselves like René Gruau’s illustrations for the label.

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