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Dior did not name the New Look, a magazine editor did

Dior's debut on 12 February 1947 brought back the cinched waist, padded hips and vast skirts that wartime rationing had made impossible: a woollen day dress could run to 15 metres of cloth. Harper's Bazaar editor Carmel Snow christened it on the spot, and the name stuck harder than 'Ligne Corolle' ever could. In Britain, where rationing was still on, all that fabric read as extravagance and drew real outrage.

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01IN 1947, DIOR DIDN'T NAME THE NEW LOOK. A MAGAZINE EDITOR DID.
0212 FEBRUARY 1947: DIOR SHOWS HIS FIRST COLLECTION, THE LIGNE COROLLE.
03NIPPED WAIST, PADDED HIPS, SKIRTS THAT GO ON FOR METRES.
04CARMEL SNOW OF HARPER'S BAZAAR: 'YOUR DRESSES HAVE SUCH A NEW LOOK.'
05ONE DAY DRESS: 15 METRES OF CLOTH. WARTIME RATIONING WAS STILL ON.
06THE NAME WAS AN OFF-THE-CUFF COMPLIMENT. IT NEVER LEFT.
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