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rents in Normandy. In the house named «Rhumbs» in honor of the wind rose, his mother created an English garden in which she gave free rein to the imagination of his son and his passion for roses. The powdery shades of the roses of Granville are found in all the creations of the fashion designer in prints, embroideries or stitched on evening dresses. He decorated the fireplaces of the eighteenth century in the grand salon of the Avenue Montaigne and he had a collection of porcelain with patterns of roses.
Christian Dior grew up in the garden of his pa-
