Christian Dior was born January 21, 1905 in Grancille, Normandy, France – 24 October 1957 in Montecatini Terme in Italy. He was an influential French fashion designer and founder of one of the world’s leading fashion houses, Dior. Life Christian Dior was born in Granville in 1905. His family, who made fertilizer, had hopes that he would become a diplomat. but Dior only wished to become part of the fashion world. To make money, he sold drawings of clothes for about 10 cents apiece. After leaving school he received money from his father, so he in 1928 to start a small gallery, where he sold art by, among others, Pablo…