BLACK and WHITE

Black...

Before the Dior’s appearance, BLACK is always a heavy color that gave people feeling of serious, formal, boring and tradition. But Dior apply a lot of black in his natural New look designs. Through his hand, black also can represent strongness, touch, modern image of post-war women. Christian Dior changed the social culture, made BLACK became a fashionable color at that time.

The New Look



Y Line dress - Autumn/ winter 1955-56

The new "H" Line - collection 1954

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Achromatic color scheme is always applied by top fashion brands like Christian dior, but does "achroma" mean a piece of black and a piece of white putting together only? How can designers put white, black, and different degrees of grey together, without looking boring?

One of the secret is the Proportion of using colors.
Pattern helps a lot for the trick. If it matches well with the sihouette, it can bring a very impressive visual effect. It's an example from 2008 Spring Ready to wear