Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri does seem to love the looks and motifs of the Americas from prairie styling to rodeos, and her latest obsession, Mexico’s female escaramuza riders saw her latest collection adopting an equestrian theme that symbolically underlined just how much she’s taken the reins of a label that’s now being reshaped in her…
Two of fashion’s biggest hitters showed in Paris on Tuesday – Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent (or Dior and Saint Laurent as we should call them, forenames are so passé). Their respective visions were about as different from each other as it’s possible to get.
Christian Dior’s couture collection was unveiled on Monday, which may not seem like big news for the wider industry. But in a world where Maria Grazia Chiuri’s slogans, accessories, logo ribbon slingbacks, tulle skirts and female-driven re-imagining of the house have proved hugely influential, it was.
Before I start, just to let you know that my answer to the question in the headline is yes, she can cut it. But that doesn’t mean everyone will agree and opinion does still seem to be divided on Maria Grazia Chiuri’s tenure at Dior. I still can’t quite make my mind up about her…
Dior is making the most of its appointment of a female designer of its womenswear for the first time in its history with its latest campaign starring Jennifer Lawrence in pieces from the pre-fall collection and discussing Maria Grazia Chiuri in a behind-the-scenes video.
The luxury sector is being closely watched at the moment for any signs of a recovery, or even of a further downturn. And none is more closely watched than the world’s biggest, LVMH. So what did the Louis Vuitton and Fendi owner serve up yesterday? Well first of all, a definite statement that it intends…
So, Maria Grazia Chiuri has got the Dior women’s creative director job. Is anyone surprised? Not really as it must be the worst kept secret of recent times in the fashion sector. It may not mean much in terms of the wider fashion industry but it’s a significant move. As a 52-year-old woman, it’s the…
The Valentino couture collection wasn’t as easy to like as it usually is. Austere it certainly was. Unmissable too. But it lacked the light touch we’ve come to expect from the 25-year partnership of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli. Maybe that was no surprise because that partnership is now over. Chiuri’s departure from the…
Dior is preparing to name one half of Valentino’s dynamic duo as creative chief, according to a Reuters report today. If true, it means Maria Grazia Chiuri, who with Pierpaolo Piccioli has helped to reinvent the Valentino brand and drive it to impressive growth, would be Dior’s first ever female creative head. She had been most…
I really like the Dior brand. Always have done. I’ve got a Dior coat (bought in a sale), some Dior Fusion trainers (bought on eBay) and a Dior shirt (bought in a vintage store). The first grown-up skincare I bought 38 years ago was Dior. I loved what John Galliano did there and I loved…
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