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In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.

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Christian Dior
Age: 52 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 21
Died: 1957
Died: October 24
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Grand Couturier
Saint-Nicolas-près-Granville (réunie à Granville)
Dior
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Humans
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Fashion
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