Celebrating Dior's floral inspirations in fashion andperfume, this unique volume features a portfolio ofrose portraits by acclaimed fashion photographerNick Knight.For Christian Dior, perfume was a door opening into ahidden world. His first, Miss Dior, inspired by the lushgardens of his childhood home in Normandy, forgedan inextricable link between his fashion and fragrancecreations. Other scents were inspired by evenings insouthern France, lit with fireflies and scented withjasmine. The rose bowers of his family home in Gran-ville; his old mill country house; and the Château dela Colle Noire near Grasse where jasmine, tuberose,and May roses reign supreme and are still cultivated inspired Dior's most memorable creations.Flowers were also at the heart of Dior's fashion, from thewomen-flowers that inspired the late 1940s New Look tothe swishing, blossom-like ball gowns embroidered withlavish floral motifs. They have inspired all of the designerswho followed him at the House of Dior, from Yves SaintLaurent to John Galliano, and Raf Simons to Maria GraziaChiuri.This extraordinary volume blooms with color and inspi-ration and includes rose portraits by Nick Knight, previ-ously unpublished archival documents, exquisite detailsof embroidery and fabrics, perfumes, fashion sketches,and sublime fashion photographs.