Near the Mediterranean, you can’t wear clothes that are heavy and hot,” said Chiuri. This is my DNA, something that is my Italian background. Perhaps most importantly, the nipped-in boning of the Dior Bar jacket has become a thing of the past. The Dior printed T-shirt of the season read “Je ne regrette rien.” Present in one way or another on the runway were Catherine Dior, the couturier’s sister Juliette Gréco, the Left Bank singer and actress who was famed for wearing existentialist black and Edith Piaf who was, well Edith Piaf. At a time when we might be craving more simplicity and less performative theatricality from fashion-that’s a yes to pencil midis and plain-but-interesting day dresses-her design solutions came from her personal response to thinking about the feisty resilience of three post-war clients. What’s distinctive about the routes Chiuri takes into Dior’s history is that she identifies with the rediscovered, little-known stories of the women who wore his clothes. This was recognizably Christian Dior’s storied heritage, right enough-but “reconstructed” as Chiuri put it, by a creative director who is focused on seeing how the past can be made relevant for today’s women. Mostly dressed in black, artfully wrinkled suits and dresses, her wardrobe adroitly addressed both the somber present and the 1950s. "Wow! Wow!" said Williams, as the audience burst into applause at the end.A direct, austere and yet powerfully sexy Parisian walked the Dior runway in Maria Grazia Chiuri’s fall ready-to-wear show. Pharrell Williams, who showed his debut collection at Louis Vuitton with a blockbuster show that ended with music performance by him and Jay-Z on Tuesday, attended with his son, Rocket, and wife, Helen Lasichanh. The colour palette was pared down, mostly greys, ivory and pastels, while accessories came in bright, neon pink or yellow - jaunty, knit caps with pompoms, small clutch handbags, and chunky loafers.įront row celebrities included fashion model Winnie Harlow, actress Demi Moore, singer Cha Eun-woo and "Game of Thrones" actress Gwendoline Christie, while the LVMH-owned French fashion label's chief executive, Delphine Arnault, sat next to her father, Bernard Arnault, chairman and ceo of LVMH. One by one, they moved off the squares and paraded around the room to a somber beat, in textured suits with an androgynous bent, embellished with pearls and sequins. Models emerged slowly, filling the room in rows. PARIS : Dior men's artistic director Kim Jones took to a sparse, futuristic setting at the Ecole Militaire in central Paris, kicking off his summer show with an army of models that rose up from a metallic catwalk.Ī whining blast of scratchy electronic sounds set the runway presentation in motion, and the catwalk lit up as floor panels rolled back. Lala Takahashi poses during a photocall before Kim Jones Menswear ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2024 collection show for fashion house Dior Homme during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 23, 2023. Gwendoline Christie, Demi Moore and Winnie Harlow are seen after Kim Jones Menswear ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2024 collection show for fashion house Dior Homme during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 23, 2023. Pharrell Williams and Sebastien Jondeau are seen after Kim Jones Menswear ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2024 collection show for fashion house Dior Homme during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 23, 2023. Models present creations by designer Kim Jones as part of his Menswear ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2024 collection show for fashion house Dior Homme during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 23, 2023.
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