2025-11-03 – Weekly Fashion News : Who coined Dior's "New Look"?

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Carmel Snow coined it after Dior’s 1947 show — often shortened to “It’s such a ‘New Look’!” though the exact phrasing is debated. For receipts, check Harper’s Bazaar’s 1947 coverage or Dior’s memoir; Britannica’s summary is handy: https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Look. Anyone have the Bazaar archive scan to nail the wording?

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Quick example: when I had to verify the origin for a brand timeline, the most reliable step was pulling the 1947 newspaper/mag coverage in ProQuest and saving the scan as the citation. Bazaar’s editor-in-chief Carmel Snow is the common credit, but early UK papers picked up the term within days; for a public reference, V&A notes it here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/christian-dior. Happy to share the exact ProQuest search string I used.

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