The NEW New Looks

INDEPENDENT DESIGNERS are heralding an END to QUIET LUXURY with their spectacularly SINGULAR VISIONS

TEXT BY BROOKE BOBB

CARMEL SNOW knew it when she saw it. After attending Christian Dior’s debut collection on February 12, 1947, in Paris, the then-editor of Harper’s Bazaar felt such a jolt that she famously declared that his designs had “such a new look.” The silhouette Dior unveiled that day has since become one of the most influential, recognizable ones in fashion history: a cinched waist with a full skirt that creates a distinctively feminine hourglass shape. Dior’s New Look was revolutionary. Arriving in the wake of the Second World War, after a period when fashion, very much out of necessity, had become utilitarian, it signaled a return to dressing with intention. Timing is everything in fashion. An unmistakable new silhouette or set of codes always arrives as a result of a confluence of social,…

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Harper's Bazaar (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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