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Christian Dior explores tarot cards for haute couture SS21

Catwalk shows with audiences might be off-limits this Haute Couture season, but that doesn’t mean fashion houses aren’t going big. Christian Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri showcased her spring/summer 2021 collection with a tarot card inspired 15-minute film shot at a Tuscan castle by Italian director Matteo Garrone. Taking inspiration from the tarot...

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Video: Behind the scenes of the new ‘Dior Caro’ bag

In this video, Christian Dior shares how the new ‘Dior Caro’ bag is created, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri. Watch the video below. Video: Christian Dior via YouTube Photo credit: Dior, Facebook

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Video: Dior styles singer Jisoo

Jisoo, a singer from the girl band 'Blackpink' is a muse for Christian Dior. In the video below you can see some of her iconic looks from the French fashion house. Think looks and bags from the Dior 2021 Cruise collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri, and get a taste of the airy and playful atmosphere on set! Watch the video below. Source: Christian...

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Dior criticised for continuing to use Johnny Depp in ad campaign

The House of Dior has been criticised for continuing to publish an advertisement with actor Johnny Depp, who remains the face of its Sauvage product. The LVMH-owned company has come under fire from domestic abuse organisations after the actor was found to have assaulted his ex wife in a highly publicised civil hearing earlier this year. The...

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Video: The inspiration behind the Dior Cruise SS21 collection

In this video, the inspiration behind Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior Cruise SS21 collection is shown through a documentary directed by Edoardo Winspeare and filmed in the Italian region of Puglia. Watch the video below. Video: Christian Dior via YouTube Photo credit: Christian Dior, Facebook

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Dior showcases fantasy and miniatures for haute couture

With Haute Couture Week going digital for the first time, due to the coronavirus pandemic, questions were being asked about whether luxury fashion houses could express the same magic as they do with a live catwalk showcase, well Dior invited the fashion world into a magical and cinematic world filled with mermaids, nymphs, and tree-people for...

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Video: Dior's Autumn-Winter 20/21 haute couture film

Paris haute couture week is in full swing and Dior is presenting possibly the weeks most anticipated shows. The couture collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri is showcased online in a film directed by Matteo Garrone. The mystical film is set in Garden of Ninfa, Latina, Italy complete with mermaids, snails, and statues coming to life all...

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Video: Maria Grazia Chiuri and photographer Brigitte Niedermair discuss the newest campaign

Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri takes a moment to chat with the photographer of the most recent campaign featuring her designs, Brigitte Niedermair. The Fall 2020 campaign featuring actress Jennifer Lawrence is not the first Dior campaign worked on by Niedermair. She is a house favorite photographer, Chiuri says, mainly due to her portrayal of...

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Dior channels its inner greek goddess in feminist driven couture show

Dior staged arguably the most startling show in haute couture history Monday inside a temple to "The Female Divine", with stars including Uma Thurman and Sigourney Weaver filing into the belly of an enormous reclining mother goddess through her stylised vulva. The 75-metre long (250-foot) installation was created by the veteran American feminist...

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30 million people tune into Dior Shanghai fashion week show

The House of Dior brought a touch of Paris to Shanghai fashion week on Saturday, when it presented its SS20 collection, including 14 exclusive looks for the Chinese market. The set was a continuation of the landscape theme from the Paris show in September, where creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri worked with Coloco to create “a collective...

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Maria Grazia Chiuri on evert stage of creating Dior Spring / Summer 2020

Dior Spring / Summer 2020 from inspiration, ideas, design, and creation of the pieces in the collection that showed in Paris Fashion Week. Dior's designer Maria Grazia Chiuri and other members of her team explain their role in each of the steps it takes to make a runway show. Source: Vogue, YouTube.

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French fashion designer Bertrand Guyon joins Dior

Bertrand Guyon has joined Christian Dior's creative studio where he will collaborate with creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, the brand has confirmed. This won’t be the first time the two have worked alongside each other. The pair also worked closely together at Valentino, where Guyon was the studio director and Chiuri shared the creative...