Dietrich articles
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Marlene Dietrich is the muse for feminist retelling of Dior’s story
Hollywood’s pioneer of androgyny inspires label’s latest catwalk show at New York’s Brooklyn MuseumChristian Dior probably did more than anyone in the history of fashion to make an hourglass figure a symbol of the perfect woman. The tiny waists and exaggerated curves of his 1947 New Look collection were not just a fashion sensation but a cultural one. Dior cut a visual template for femininity that ruled unchallenged for the second half of the 20th century.So Marlene Dietrich, the pioneer of...