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Dior and Schiaparelli bring historical reverence to Haute Couture Week in Paris
Read full article: Dior and Schiaparelli bring historical reverence to Haute Couture Week in ParisDior’s couture show at Paris’ Musee Rodin wove an intricate Ottoman tapestry for spring and has attracted a tapestry of stars to rival it.
French luxury group Kering to buy 30% stake in Valentino for 1.7 billion euros cash
Read full article: French luxury group Kering to buy 30% stake in Valentino for 1.7 billion euros cashFrench luxury conglomerate Kering has reached a cash deal to purchase a 30% stake in Italian fashion house Valentino for 1.7 billion euros from a Qatari investment firm.
Dior brings ethereal goddesses and silver threads to Paris couture
Read full article: Dior brings ethereal goddesses and silver threads to Paris coutureIn the lush surroundings of Paris’ Musee Rodin, the landscapes of artist Marta Roberti have formed the backdrop for the latest Dior couture collection by designer Maria Grazia Chiuri.
Controversy, frivolity mark day one of Paris Fashion Week
Read full article: Controversy, frivolity mark day one of Paris Fashion WeekThe pioneering Black performer Josephine Baker — who left the United States to find global fame in Paris in the 1920s — was Dior’s muse for an old school spring couture collection of archetypal classicism.
Dior does folklore in Paris couture, riffing on Ukraine art
Read full article: Dior does folklore in Paris couture, riffing on Ukraine artImages of traditional embroideries and floral paintings adorned the walls of Dior’s celebrity-laden runway homage to Ukraine on the first day of Paris Couture Week.
Dior reimagines feminist fashion in history in Paris show
Read full article: Dior reimagines feminist fashion in history in Paris showDior’s affirmed feminist designer Maria Grazia Chiuri used the male gaze, as reflected in female oil portraits across the centuries, to make a fashion statement on female empowerment and subjugation.
Dior celebrates couture craft, as maskless Delevingne irks
Read full article: Dior celebrates couture craft, as maskless Delevingne irksThe atelier — the workshop of hands — took the Dior center stage on Monday to produce a refined show on the first day of Paris couture shows, which aim to elevate the house’s savoir-faire expertise of its seamstresses.
Hybrid Paris Fashion Week, both physical and digital, begins
Read full article: Hybrid Paris Fashion Week, both physical and digital, beginsPARIS – Christian Dior on Tuesday was the first major fashion house to stage a traditional ready-to-wear runway show in Paris since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. The show headlined the first day of a hybrid-style Paris Fashion Week. Guests were unusually relaxed, with some fashion editors commenting that it was because they had not just flown in, exhausted, from a week of covering Milan. Paris, like Milan, is trying to kick off an unusual fashion season for spring-summer 2021. MARINE SERREFrench wunderkind Marine Serre found new fame last season for a series of masked looks in her Paris ready-to-wear show in February that were branded prophetic.
Dior unveils 2021 Cruise in Lecce, Italy's Baroque capital
Read full article: Dior unveils 2021 Cruise in Lecce, Italy's Baroque capitalModels wear creations during the unveiling of the Dior 2021 cruise collection in Lecce, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. It is a decision we took in a very difficult moment, Dior CEO Pietro Beccari said in a phone interview. Chiuri chose Lecce in a nostalgia bid, having spent many summers in the Salento region where her father was born. Besides the cruise show, Dior this month opened a five-story flagship store in Paris, launched a collaboration with Nike and its digital show for menswear. We are a fashion brand, and I think this injection of novelties keeps the interest of many of our clients.