With the rise of feminine figure in WW2 and with Coco Chanel having been shunned briefly by the fashion community for her role in giving information to the Nazi’s, the new trend was for women’s curvy figures to be accentuated. The invention of the bullet bra and the growing popularity of the hourglass figure enabled designers such as Christian Dior to take the place of most influential designers from Schiaparelli and Chanel, who had previously made the slim boyish figure