A collection where past, present and future are diluted in an aesthetic without borders.
Instead of following the temporal thread, Maria Grazia Chiuri‘s latest proposal for Dior Haute Couture stands as a reflection of the constant mutation of fashion, a space in which emotions are transformed with each piece and each couture. A kind of magic mirror, a sort of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ through which the spectator travels to a new dimension outside of time, dominated by astonishment and irreverence.
Through her garments, the creative director reminds us that fashion, beyond trends and periods, is an ever-constant construction. A game of infinite metamorphosis that reconfigures itself at every moment.
One of the fundamental pillars of this collection stems from the Trapèze line devised by Yves Saint Laurent for Dior in 1958. With an updated and transformed approach, Chiuri revives this legacy in a series of designs that place us in a fantastic territory with touches of reality.
Different facets of the woman are thus presented: the woman-nina, who moves between the immense and the dinimunute, defying all boundaries; the woman-flower with a cape of petals; the woman-bird, in communion with a headdress that revisits the punk mohican; or a 1952 Cigale silhouette, reimagined in a little skirt that highlights the contrast of proportions.
In each of these characters, garments are the vehicle for an ongoing exploration of female emotions, which can be as fleeting as they are fantastic.
The peekaboo is reinvented here in a more practical and modern version. The traditional structure gives way to a play of embroidered threads that, as they move, seem to come to life, revealing their fantasy roots. In the hands of Maria Grazia Chiuri, haute couture becomes a sensory experience, where each embroidery, each lace becomes a work of art that transcends fashion.
For this special occasion, the Maison collaborated with artist Rithika Merchant to create The Flowers We Grew, an art installation presented in the garden of the Musée Rodin. A monumental work that seeks to give visibility to the female narratives passed down from generation to generation. Through nine paintings conceived by the Indian artist, the spectator enters a visual landscape that fuses traditional art and haute couture, in a synergy between the different disciplines.
Inspired by her family heritage and the rich tradition of Kerala, Merchant explores femininity through a timeless prism, drawing on universal symbols and botanical elements that evoke the ancestral connection between women and nature. The paintings, translated into large-scale textiles by the master artisans of Chanakya and the Chanakya School of Crafts, bring to life a visual narrative in which memory is planted as a seed to flourish in the present.
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