# Book: A Joyful Melancholy, Christian by Christian Bérard

- **Brand:** Dior
- **Price:** $40.00
- **Catalog:** dior
- **Retailer:** dior
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqprEQr3mj6BsQpzX3809zzI0nSxNxSdkGi95BWBQ297xj1uJitBQ2uxG5p7fcgyu09eOfzUGkVFa0zwB8NPLt1B_c5wmWBFjnmp-s2qUzOm8mQcTnFr-0TxcIGy1pEYZZer5ws089-4TvTwXsx6zbKYiZNPmVluqdnoI9mFWo1Gx1IvDpjgc71PGIK5kpzHha3ShdcFjKUBYRtstPh7WiJWUMnylpA41fkOlUKdujY0ylD1OWiQEONcvwpnZ7HIkklKsKYEkCxDFQ6ePfPcOBxmZ_AcXCR_FNEx1qi0GNDyqZtGVIPrUJpiBXHnalYm8Zu__WCDAoFSc-h-Y0If35oRaOD9vCH8ZIhyc0cT0u5V22EXDseOQqdLQClLIDkuCQPwCojcx58I8W-6GE_HDPlS2MEOvwSFaU4fc9Si6xFvAy3u0=
- **Availability:** Out of stock

## Summary

A Joyful Melancholy, Christian Dior by Christian Bérard book featuring fashion history and illustrations. Crafted from 100% paper with a pink-toned interior page and elegant typography.

## Description

Christian Dior and Christian Bérard met and formed their unwavering friendship, nourished by personal sympathies and an incredible symbiosis, in the late 1920s. The former is as well known for the rigor of his work, his architectural cuts and discretion as the latter is for his diverse creativity, taste for excess and flamboyant personality. The two artists were complete opposites who united and complemented each other. If the 'couturier of dreams' marked his era by redesigning women's silhouettes, the 'painter of anxiety' stood out as a genius jack of all trades — fashion illustrator, interior designer, set designer for Jean Cocteau and others — both fundamentally influencing each other's careers. Illustrated with Christian Dior Couture creations, the book is an invitation to dive into the whirlwind and captivating era, from the Paris' Boeuf sur le Toit cabaret to post-war café society. Laurence Benaïm, fashion journalist and writer, weaves a story of elective affinities and artistic references, viewed through these two down-to-earth yet romantic characters who embody the charm and rigor of French taste.

## Appearance

- **Colors:** Pink
- **Sizes:** U (per-size availability under Variants)
- **Materials:** 100% paper

## Variants

- **In stock:** 0 of 1

| Size | Color | SKU | Availability |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| U | Pink | HYE04BMB0U_C970_TU | Out of stock |

## Categories

- **Categories:** Women > Maison > Books

## Additional Attributes

- **model code:** HYE04BMB0U
- **size and fit:** Dimensions: 24 x 17 x 2.5 cm / 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches (Height x Width x Thickness)
- **characteristics:** English version, Gallimard Publishing, 308 pages, 100% paper

## Enrichment

- **Type:** book
- **Type Synonyms:** hardcover book, coffee table book, biography, fashion literature, art book
- **Tags:** hardcover, printed text, typography, fashion book, biography, illustrated, paper, pink page
- **Styles:** sophisticated, artistic, minimalist, intellectual
- **Colors:** pink
- **Color Families:** Pink
- **Category Path:** Media > Books > Print Books
- **Book cover type:** Hardcover
- **Genre:** Arts, Biography, Design, Fashion & beauty
- **Language version:** ENG- English
- **Target audience:** Adults
- **Canonical Brand:** Dior

## Images

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