What was Christian Dior recognized for?

After 1947 when the Nazi war ended Dior started a collection called Corolle (botanical term corolla or circlet of flower petals in English), creating pouffy full skirts and tiny waistlines which was in contrary to the World War II styles of boxy plain styles. He was able to create curvaceous silhouettes for women, dubbed thr "The New Look" amongst the fashion elite and broader public.

Think Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn as they wore many of his creations.

He was quoted as saying "I have designed a flower for women"