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Classic luxury and streetwear cross paths in Paris with Anderson, Mihara Yasuhiro and Chavarria

Paris - Dior is set to present its new artistic director, Jonathan Anderson, at Paris Fashion Week Men’s this Friday. Anderson, the designer who radically changed the century-old Spanish firm Loewe, now has the responsibility of doing the same with all of the French brand's collection lines. Since Christian Dior founded the powerful brand in...

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New reading material: Fashion books for the 2023 wish list

Every year a slew of great fashion books come out. Whether it be biographies, a deep dive into an aspect of the industry or an overview of a fashion house - there is plenty to choose from. In case your wish list for the holidays is still very empty, or you are simply looking for a book to give to yourself as a gift, FashionUnited has collected...

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Dior's longest-running designer Marc Bohan dies at 97

Fashion designer Marc Bohan, who was artistic director of Dior for an unprecedented three decades, has died, the luxury brand said Friday. Bohan, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 97, was one of the quieter members of the fashion fraternity, in stark contrast to successors like John Galliano. But he was a master of the trade who managed...

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Dior presents a combination of "beauty and protection" in Paris

Dior's show at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday struck a sombre tone, with designer Maria Grazia Chiuri telling AFP her focus on combining "beauty and protection" was apt for a time of war. The collection was put together long before the Russian military began bombarding Ukraine last week. But with Dior's models sporting a range of protective gear...

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Kim Jones presents Dior menswear FW22 with Covid frustration

Kim Jones may be borrowing from Dior's most iconic female looks for his latest menswear collection but that doesn't mean he believes gender boundaries are ready to disappear yet. "We live in cities and they are incredibly open, but go outside and it's not the same," Jones told AFP at his studio in Paris. "There are 40 countries in the world...

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Womenswear pre-fall 2022

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the Pre-Fall womenswear collections for 2022. The Pre-Fall women’s collections showcased fashion designing its way out of lockdown. Playful subversion, the art of dressing up and attention to detail that focused on frivolity introduced a renewed sense of optimism without losing sight of...

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Video: Dior Lady Art: Genieve Figgis

In this video, Dior has presented artist Genieve Figgis' interpretation of the iconic Lady Dior handbag, one of the 12 international artists participating in Dior Lady Art. Watch the video below. Video: Dior via YouTube Photo credit: Image: Dior via YouTube

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Video: Hand-painting leather by Dior

In this video, Dior has explained its process for hand-painting a leather jacket featured in its Dior men's Fall collection 2022. Inspired by the original cover art of Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac, the jacket is inspired by the Beat Generation, a literary movement in the 1950s. Watch the video below. Video: Dior via YouTube Photo credit:...

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Podcast: Dior Talks discusses the multilayered heritage of Dior

In this episode of Dior Talks, Dior's creative director, Maria Grazia Chiuri and biographer Justine Picardie discuss the importance of Christian Dior's relationship with his sister Catherine Dior, covered in Picardie's new book 'Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture.' Listen to the podcast below. Source: Dior Talks via Dior Photo credit: Dior

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Post-lockdown innovation dominates Paris fashion week SS22

Paris Fashion Week wraps up Tuesday after nine days of innovative experiments that showed how the industry is embracing technology and new approaches for a post-pandemic future. While many fashion houses stuck to online presentations, the biggest names such as Dior, Balenciaga and Stella McCartney -- even Yves Saint Laurent, which had been first...

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Dior reveals Cruise 2022 collection in Greece

Dior presented its Cruise 2022 collection in a spectacular show in Athens on July 17, 2021, that included a display of 200 fireworks. Athens was chosen as the destination for the showcase as its the “cradle of Western civilization and of European arts”, according to the brand in a release. The stage featured a 500-meter long runway that had 400...

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Dior inspired by Greece in latest Cruise 22 show

French fashion house Christan Dior will showcase its Cruise 22 collection at a show in Athens on July 17, 2021, at 9.30 pm. The cruise collection designed by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri is inspired by Greece. The brand released a video today ahead of the show that reflects the mood of the show - highlighting the traditional Greek...