Elizabeth Evitz Dickinson

Eventually, though, the oven mitt went away.

The popover just became a wrap dress that she kept in her collection for decades.

Her dresses were selling for $30, which in 1930 wasn't cheap.

But then when the war came, her most popular style, the popover, you could get for $395.

She said, you may live alone and like it, but if you can't get your zipper up and you wrench out your arm, that's just terrible.

He called it the wasp waist.

He was like, how small could you get that waist?

And Claire got into a media spat with the French.

She was angry.

She said, why are we going backwards?

What are we doing?

Everything Claire fought for to have a woman feel free and open in her body.

We're going right back to this thing.

I think when you think about the 50s, that's what you picture is that Dior look.

The hourglass form, that Dior shape, that is the 1950s.

That really tight waist, that poofed out skirt, that pretty dress.

That look was the announcement that Paris was back, baby.

So 1947, Paris is trying to get its footing again.

They want to reclaim their status as the center of culture and fashion.

And Christian Dior, one thing I did not realize is he was the same age as Claire.