Andy Warhol’s 1955 ‘Miss Dior’ Store-Window Installation Revisited

A video highlighted by the Andy Warhol Museum revisits Andy Warhol’s 1955 ‘Miss Dior’ store-window installation, made when the artist was still working under his birth name, Andrew Warhola, as a commercial illustrator in New York.

The installation formed part of Bonwit Teller’s tradition of commissioning or featuring artists to transform its store windows into avant-garde displays. The source material identifies the department store as the setting for the project but does not provide further details about the specific window, its design, or the length of time it was on view.

The work belongs to an early period in Warhol’s career, before his emergence as one of the central figures of American Pop art. In 1955, according to the supplied account, he was working in commercial illustration rather than being known publicly by the shortened name under which he later became famous.

The ‘Miss Dior’ title connects the installation to Dior, although the available information does not specify whether the display promoted a particular fragrance, fashion line, or other product. It also does not identify the collaborators, materials, dimensions, or the precise location of the Bonwit Teller store involved.

The museum’s video presents the project as a historical episode from Warhol’s commercial practice. No current exhibition, physical presentation, or event date is given, and the supplied material does not indicate that the installation itself survives. The only date attached to the work is 1955.