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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Catherine Dior, an Interview with Justine Picardie, Part I (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, History, Arts

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

International best selling author Justine Picardie joined us in this 2022, two-part episode to discuss the life and legacy of Christian Dior's beloved sister Catherine, a WWII French resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, and inspiration behind Dior's most famous scent Miss Dior. Recommended reading: Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We're 7 billion people in the world.

1:00.4

We all have one thing in common.

1:02.4

Every day, we all get dressed.

1:09.0

Welcome to Dressed, the history of fashion, a podcast where we explore the who, what, when, of why we wear.

1:12.2

We are fashion historians and your host, April Callahan.

1:18.3

And Cassidy Zachary. Well-dress listeners, if you listen to this show, and even if you don't,

1:25.9

we've all heard of Christian Dior, and many of us likely of Miss Dior, but how many of us have heard of Miss Catherine Dior, the inspiration behind the company's

1:30.8

famous and first perfume and the beloved and courageous sister of Christian.

1:36.6

I mean, I knew of her April.

1:37.9

I don't know if you did or not.

1:39.7

I've heard of her.

1:40.8

I've read things about her, but I had no idea about her legacy and life.

1:45.5

And she is a woman who, it turns out, is as equally, if not more deserving of our admiration and praise.

1:51.8

This is a woman who earned a Legion Dunner for her work for the French resistance during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II.

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