Dior and his Decorators

Dior and his Decorators: Victor Grandpierre, Georges Geffroy, and the New Look by Maureen Footer

The Impact of Interior Design on Fashion

Published in 2018, Dior and his Decorators by Maureen Footer brings rigor to the history of interior design by detailing its influence on fashion.  This erudite photo-filled tome not only captures the birth of the Dior style guide, but also provides a deep biography of both George Geffroy and Victor Grandpierre.  A masterful storyteller, Maureen Footer connects the dots between the 20th century’s greatest tastemakers to create a compelling narrative for the interior design that was strapped to the comet of the New Look by Christian Dior.  

Highlights include the details of Dior’s first flagship store at 30 Avenue Montaigne that was inaugurated with the famous “New Look” collection of February 1947, the story behind Geffroy’s designs of the Duff Cooper library at the British Embassy which became the social epicenter of post-war Paris, and the influence of Geffroy and Grandpierre’s design on tastemakers such as Baron Alexis de Rede, Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, Charles de Beistegui, Daisy Fellowes, Charles de Noailles, Yves Saint Laurent, and Jacques Grange.  

This book is a necessary addition for anyone interested in the history of fashion and interior design in post-war Paris, and the connections between the great tastemakers of the 20th century.