Dior has released its newest illustrated book entitled “Dior Hats: From Christian Dior To Stephen Jones“. The book is a celebration of the elegance and sophistication of the hat, a quintessential symbol of French haute couture for Christian Dior and an iconic accessory reinvented by each of Monsieur Dior’s successors.
The tome features an exclusive series of images with texts by Stephen Jones, the hand behind the House’s hats since 1996; its unique archival images take the reader on a dreamy journey throughout 70 years of hat creativity, depicting how the Dior hat came to embody femininity and female empowerment. Stephen Jones, the milliner to Dior and artistic director of the exhibition “Chapeaux Dior! The Art of the Hat, from Christian Dior to Stephen Jones” penned the texts with contributions from the exhibition’s curator, Florence Müller, and the writers and journalists Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, Alexander Fury, and Dean Rhys Morgan, as well as Vincent Leret, patrimony project manager at Christian Dior Parfums.
Published by Rizzoli NY, the book takes readers on an odyssey of discovery and exploration of these fascinating objects of desire.
Photograph by Bert Stern.
Christian Dior by John Galliano, 2003.
Photograph by Guy Marineau.
Watercolor-enhanced drawing by Christian Dior for the milliner Claude Saint-Cyr, 1937. 
Christian Dior by Maria Grazia Chiuri.
Photograph by Li Kai.
Christian Dior by Christian Dior, 1955.
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø, 2019.
Starbright straw “bibi” with filigree brim, made by Stephen Jones after a drawing by Christian Dior, 1937.
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø, 2019.
Christian Dior by Maria Grazia Chiuri, 2018.
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø, 2019.
Dior Héritage collection, Paris, 1990.
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø, 2019.
Mère Michel design, Autumn–Winter 1949 Haute Couture collection, Milieu du siècle line. Dior Héritage collection, Paris.
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø, 2019.
Haute Couture collection. Christian Dior by John Galliano. Dior Héritage collection, Paris.
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø.
Christian Dior by Maria Grazia Chiuri, 2018/2019.
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø, 2019.
Tulle bonnet trimmed with fuchsia-tinted turquoise organdy bows, mingled with sprigs of pink lily of the valley, circa 1970.
Bonnet covered with flowers, circa 1965.
Large toque covered with multicolored roses, circa 1965.
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø, 2019.
Photograph by Tierney Gearon
Photograph by Sølve Sundsbø, 2019.