“my dresses take shape all around me, as my fancy works on whatever it happens to see.”

“I scribble everywhere, in bed, in my bath, at meals, in my car, on foot, in the sun, in electric light, by day, and by night.  Bed and bath where one is not conscious, so to speak, of one’s body, are particularly favourble to inspiration; here one’s spirit is at ease.  There is also the element of chance inspiration – stones, trees, human beings, mere gestures, or a sudden ray of light, may be bearers of little whispered messages… On a more modest scale, my dresses take shape all around me, as my fancy works on whatever it happens to see.”

-Christian Dior in Dior by Dior The Autobiography of Christian Dior.

Image: perfume vendor Doha Qatar.