Marc Bohan, former Dior creative director and friend to the stars, dies aged 97

Marc Bohan with models after the Dior collection presentation in Paris in 1970 (Jean-Jacques Levy/AP)

Dior’s longest-serving creative director, Marc Bohan, whose slim silhouette designs dressed the likes of Hollywood royalty including Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor, has died aged 97, the luxury fashion house said on Friday.

The son of a milliner, Bohan was asked to lead the French label after his predecessor Yves Saint Laurent was drafted into the French military in 1960.