Models strode around a hulking, fantastical set
parading familiar silhouettes – neat, short-sleeved button-up
shirts paired with full skirts, bustier dresses, trim cardigans
and cropped jackets – in somber colors and stylized floral
prints.
Chiuri softened structured jackets and drew on fabrics woven
with metal thread to give a new, creased texture to
classically-cut dresses -- pushing styles into a sporty
direction, for daywear.
Accessories including pearls, gloves and thick, black headbands,
the tassles tied into bows.
Chiuri sought to add a Parisian flair to the styles of the
period, which are often associated with American Hollywood
productions.
“It was very different, the situation in Europe than in the
USA,” she told Reuters, noting that the women who served as
inspiration for the collection -- Christian Dior’s sister
Catherine Dior and French singers Edith Piaf and Juliette Greco
-- were rebuilding their lives following the Second World War.
Moody organ music kicked off the show.
Models wound around the space -- a tent in the Tuileries Gardens
-- under a massive, hanging set, its bulbous tentacles
embellished with hand-sewn crochet work, fringes, sequins and
feathers.
Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos described her work as an
abstract flower, forming a “magical garden like another world,
another dimension.”
“It’s quite unique for the contemporary art world to have this
connection to the fashion world,” she said, noting the show
added intimacy to her monumental art.
Held on the second day of Paris Fashion Week, the show drew
crowds of fans angling for a glimpse of Kpop singer Jisoo and
actress Charlize Theron, who sat in the front row next to
members of LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault's family.
(Reporting by Mimosa Spencer and Louise Dalmasso, editing by
Deepa Babington)
(Photo: A model presents a creation by designer Maria Grazia
Chiuri as part of her Fall-Winter 2023/2024 Women's
ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Dior during
Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, February 28, 2023.
REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)
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