70 years of Christian Dior: Fashion giant's journey chronicled in exhibition with 400 dresses

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Dresses are pictured during the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house on 3 July 2017 in Paris. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

The exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts (Musee des Arts Decoratifs) is a retrospective presenting some 400 dresses, and runs through 5 July 2017 to 7 January 2018. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

A man adjusts dresses prior to the opening of the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

Visitors view dresses during the Dior exhibition. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

A visitor views items during the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house on 3 July 2017 in Paris. The exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts (Musee des Arts Decoratifs) is a retrospective presenting some 400 dresses, and runs through 5 July 2017 to 7 January 2018. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

Dresses by French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (whose picture is seen behind) are photographed during the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house on 3 July 2017 in Paris. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

Dresses are pictured during the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

Dresses are pictured during the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

Dresses are pictured during the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house. Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3456604” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]

Dresses are pictured during the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house[/caption]