[PDF] From Dior To Dharma eBook

Author : Shruti Bakshi
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,80 MB
Release : 2017-05-06
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ISBN : 9781540739919

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Maya may not have it all, but she has quite a bit of it. As a 30-something woman living in Paris, her globe-trotting life looks sufficiently charmed from the outside. But inside, disillusionment is knocking at her door. Living through the Great Recession in the big bad world of investment banking was the first knock and now it's reached the door of her 19th century Parisian apartment. Maya's mind is full of questions. Why do some people seem happier than others? Is there some right way of looking at life? Is there some right way to live?Plagued with nagging existential questions, she embarks on a search for truth, a journey that leads her to yoga and meditation classes in Paris, a New York museum, the Californian redwood forest, a yoga retreat in the French country, a south Indian ashram and finally to the Himalayas. What will Maya discover? Is it really true, what the spiritual masters say about another way to live? Or was she a fool to give up on a life of haute couture and foie gras? What happens when you stop chasing dreams and end up stumbling into life?Through Maya's story, From Dior to Dharma contemplates the human condition in modern society in which we are egged on to chase the 'next big thing' only to find emptiness instead of the everlasting happiness that was promised. Maya's transition from Dior to Dharma shows the path for anyone who has outgrown materialistic values and is seeking answers about life and purpose. There are so many deep truths in the Indian spiritual traditions that could be invaluable to people in dealing with the strains and uncertainties of modern life and From Dior to Dharma brings out their authenticity in an immediately relatable way.www.shrutibakshi.com

Author : Orange Hippo!
Publisher : OH
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1800694911

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Though his life was relatively short, Christian Ernest Dior's seismic influence on the fashion world ensures his name lives on as one of the most successful and celebrated designers of all time. Using the rationing restrictions of wartime, he created designs that extenuated the female figure and released the women of the world from the restrictive, dull clothing that restricted rather than enhanced femininity. It was Dior's sudden prominence on the world stage that restored Paris' reputation as the epicentre of the fashion world. To wear a Dior item of clothing, was to wear the best of the best. His post-War collection was described as a completely 'new look' by the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar, one of the world's most powerful style magazines. The description was adopted and quickly became a fashion movement, with Dior's 'New Look' leading the way and even stealing the limelight from compatriot Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel. The Little Guide to Christian Dior shows how despite coming from a wealthy background with powerful allies, Christian Dior may not have had to scrap his way to the top as Coco Chanel did, but his talent is no less worthy and his legacy as one of the world's greatest designers is no less deserving. 'My dream? To make women happier and more beautiful.' As seen on Living in Fifties Fashion, 'Salute Mr Dior'

Author : Christine Toomey
Publisher : The Experiment
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,76 MB
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1615191941

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A 60,000-mile odyssey in search of Buddhist nuns—hailed as “inspiring and necessary” (Kirkus), “ambitious” (Tricycle), and “compelling” (Financial Times) They come to the monastic Buddhist life from every faith and career: a policewoman, a princess, a Bollywood star, a violinist. Out of the public eye, despite hardship and even persecution, they vow to seek enlightenment in a world full of noise. Who are these women? What motivates them, and what stands in their way? Award-winning journalist Christine Toomey investigates. From Nepal to California, she encounters unforgettable nuns who reveal the blessings—and perils—of carrying a 2,500-year tradition into the twenty-first century. Often denied equal status with monks, they are nonetheless devoted—to their faith, and to change.

Author : Terence Measham
Publisher : Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781863170482

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The name Christian Dior has been synonymous with fashion and glamour for over0 years. From the moment Christian Dior and Marcel Boussac decided to foundhe couture house of Dior, the clothing that they have produced has beenegarded as stylish and elegant. Not only was the house of Dior recognizedor its revolutionary designs, but it was also the first fashion house toealize the commercial potential that a sought-after label could have. In949 they signed the first of many licence agreements for Christian Diorosiery in the USA.;This publication traces the history of the most famousashion house in the world, from its conception in 1946 to the modern erahere it continues to flourish in the cut-throat world of the fashionusiness. Essays by leading figures in the world of fashion, combined withrchive photography offer an insight into the soul of the company.

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Publisher : Editions Artlys
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,34 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fashion
ISBN : 9782854952650

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At once Dior scrapbook, survey and autobiography, this magnificent compendium offers a panorama of the life and art of one of the twentieth century's most influential fashion designers. It reprints Dior's 1956 autobiography Christian Dior et moi--in which the designer contrasted his reputation as both an individual and as a company with his own sense of himself--alongside eight articles by Dior first published in Elle magazine in 1951, which were then collected as Je suis couturier. Throughout, the volume takes as its thematic anchor the designer's beautiful childhood home in Granville, elaborating his lifelong attachment to the house (now the Christian Dior Museum) and its gardens, and showing how his work was influenced by these resplendent environs--a theme that especially preoccupied Dior himself, who once affirmed his "tender and wonderful memories of my childhood home," declaring that "my life and my style owe everything to its location and architecture." Many of the copious illustrations that accompany these writings are supplied by the Christian Dior Museum collection, and reproduce family albums and archival photographs, fashion sketches and formal presentations of classic Dior dresses, hats, shoes and jewelry. Dior scholar Jean-Luc Dufresne conducts a tour of the Dior house and garden, narrating its long and fascinating history.

Author : Marie-France Pochna
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,73 MB
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 208151401X

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The House of Dior’s official biography reveals the secretive and surprising man who revolutionized fashion, with new insight on his spirituality and relationships and a contemporary perspective on his legacy. In 1947, when Christian Dior’s model spun her wasp-waisted skirt and tipped a hat over one eye, the iconic designer became an instant celebrity. His groundbreaking New Look was quintessentially Parisian—the perfect combi­nation of fanciful and elegant that glorified the female form and seduced his international clientele. Yet it was by mere chance that Dior—hapless in the face of personal and professional tragedy—met a friendly priest who helped him to rebuild his faith and to find the strength to chart his glorious destiny. He went on to upend the downtrodden postwar era with his joie de vivre and his pursuit of a single goal: to make women “not only more beautiful, but happier” through the proportions of his marvelous designs and a color palette that reflected the Parisian sky. Today, the legacy of this witty yet staunchly private man shines on as his intuitive creativity continues to inspire the House of Dior’s designers to reinvent the woman of tomorrow.

Author : Christine Toomey
Publisher : Portobello Books
Page : pages
File Size : 15,62 MB
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 184627494X

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A brief meeting with a Buddhist nun in India made a deep impression on Christine Toomey. It sent her on a two-year, 60,000-mile odyssey to learn more about the contemporary women choosing in their thousands to become part of a long tradition of female spirituality that stretches back through the centuries and now embraces the radical possibility that the next Dalai Lama could be female. In The Saffron Road, Toomey follows in the footsteps of earlier generations of Buddhist nuns to trace the routes by which the philosophy has spread from a solitary order in a remote area of India in the 5th century BC, via 1950s San Francisco where Zen was popularised by the Beat generation, to the globally-renowned practitioners of mindfulness of today. Beginning her journey in the Himalayas, close to the birthplace of the Buddha, Toomey travels from Nepal, to India, through Burma, Japan and on to North America and Europe, along the way visiting contemporary nunneries to meet the women who practise there. Amongst those she talks to are a group of "kung fu" nuns, an acclaimed novelist, a princess, a concert violinist, a former BBC journalist, and a one-time Washington political aide. Through these conversations, the daily reality of the Buddhist existence is gradually revealed, together with the diverse spiritual paths leading these women towards nirvana. Combining travelogue, history, interviews and personal reflection, The Saffron Road opens the door to a rarely glimpsed world of ritual, discipline and enlightenment.

Author : Marie France Pochna
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 22,88 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Costume design
ISBN :

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Book on Christian Dior

Author : Christian Dior
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,42 MB
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781851778690

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"Christian Dior rocketed to fame with his first collection in 1947 when the 'New Look' took the world by storm. This charming and modest autobiography gives a fascinating and detailed insight into the workings of a great fashion house, while revealing the private man behind the high-profile establishment. It is also a unique portrait of the classic Paris haute couture of the 1950s and offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes. Dior details his childhood in Granville, the family and friends closest to him, his most difficult years and sudden success, as well as his sources of inspiration and creative processes." -- Publisher's description.