The V&A's Next Big Fashion Exhibit Was Already A Hit In Paris

The next major fashion exhibition to open in London was announced this weekend with a cryptic message delivered via topiary hedges outside the British Embassy in Paris. In town for the haute couture shows this week, fashion editors would recognize the silhouette almost immediately -- even in bush form: Christian Dior's iconic Bar jacket, an essential component of his revolutionary 1947 collection The New Look. The bushes told them that the rumor was true. The blockbuster Christian Dior: Designer...