20th Century Dress and Culture

Coco Chanel led women into a new fashion world during and after World War II. Similar to Chanel, Christian Dior introduced a womenā€™s dress called the New Look (The ā€œBarā€ suit), which emphasized the female body line, after World War II. To learn how the fashion industry and market was revamped after the war, Kim took a close look at Diorā€™s and Chanelā€™s ideas and motivation in two of her papers.

Syllabus (ARTH 1204)

Coco Chanel

Christian Dior