Upon the close of WWII and the liberation of Paris, couturiers no longer had access to the textiles and supplies previously safeguarded by the Nazis, needing a way to showcase their collections and reestablish their sartorial authority. In a city with limited gas and heat, some 60 couturiers joined together under the direction of Robert Ricci, son of Nina Ricci, to create a traveling exhibition of miniature dolls, all dressed in the latest couture. The exhibition was a triumph and traveled around the globe; today a recreation of the Thèâtre de la Modes can be found at the Maryhill Museum of Art. In 2013, Harrods transformed the store’s fourth floor Georgian Restaurant into a Dior exhibition, showcasing the brand’s history and highlighting Raf Simmon’s continuous look back into the brand’s archives. Along with the life sized Dior gowns, the exhibition featured a theatre of forty miniature dolls outfitted in looks that spanned from Dior’s 1947 debut to present day.