But at yesterday's Dior show in Paris ... first shown in 1947, was reimagined for spring with short capelet sleeves. A fitting opening to the first full day of Paris Fashion Week.

On February 12, 1947, a new couturier named Christian Dior presented his first show to the press. In an elegant salon on the Avenue Montaigne, a model sauntered out wearing a calf-grazing skirt ...