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Dior channels Frida Kahlo in Cruise 2024 collection

As the archways of the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso lit up, luxury brand Dior unveiled its Cruise 2024 collection reflecting the heritage of the museum’s home country of Mexico. The iconic venue for the show was selected due to its ties to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who was at the core of creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri’s latest...

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Maria Grazia Chiuri expands denim line 'Dior 8' with a new style

The timeless and versatile blue jeans icon is being reinvented by Maria Grazia Chiuri in a series of denim pants, promising a look at once elegant, relaxed and infinitely modern. Named Dior 8, in homage to the founding-couturier's lucky-charm number, and initially composed of eight irresistible variations, a ninth reference now completes the...

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Dior in Mumbai: Parisian showmanship meets Indian craft

The house of Christian Dior has deep established ties with India’s artisanship. The brand’s Pre-Fall 2023 collection, unveiled in Mumbai last week, was an ode to celebrating the textiles and embroideries that silently grace the Paris catwalks each season. With a backdrop of the landmark Gateway of India and a visceral multi-colour floral runway...

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Sloane Street begins 46-million-pound transformation

London landlord Cadogan has begun its 46-million-pound, two-year redevelopment of Sloane Street to create a green boulevard spanning from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square. The two-year programme represents the first major streetscape improvements on London’s iconic street since the area was commissioned by the 1st Earl Cadogan in the 18th Century....

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FW23: A closer look at the It-bags that ruled the runways

The Fall/Winter 2023 ready-to-wear catwalk season has officially ended after hundreds of brands showed their collections in New York, London, Milan, and Paris in recent weeks – along with a star-studded Versace presentation in Los Angeles. Seeing the latest looks from the fashion week runways in all four fashion capitals, one thing became clear:...

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Dior names Olivier Bialobos deputy managing director

Luxury fashion house Dior has announced that its communications executive Olivier Bialobos has been promoted to the newly created role of deputy managing director in charge of global communication and image. Bialobos will report to Delphine Arnault, who moved from Louis Vuitton in February to take over as chairman and CEO at Christian Dior...

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Video: Dior FW23

In this video you can see Dior’s FW23 collection presented at Paris Fashion Week. Video: FF Channel via Youtube

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Dior to show pre-fall collection in Mumbai

Dior on Tuesday said it will show its pre-fall 2023 collection in Mumbai, India, later this month. The Paris-based luxury house has scheduled to present its runway at the Gateway of India monument on March 30th. It will be Mumbai’s first major fashion show from a European luxury house, and follows the city’s biannual Lakmé fashion week, which...

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Dior and Saint Laurent pay homage to strong women in FW23 presentations

Dior and Saint Laurent both combined nostalgia with homages to strong, independent women as the two French fashion giants presented their latest collections in Paris on Tuesday. Under a giant surreal flower made of fluorescent textiles, Dior offered a softer reworking of its classic New Look from the 1950s. A few hours later, Saint Laurent drew...

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Fashion Activism: is fashion becoming politicised?

Clothes with a message, motivated muses, designers on the front lines... The fashion industry seems to be embracing a desire to shake up politics in a way that Dame Vivienne Westwood would have appreciated. From study programmes at IFM, to the young designer Jeanne Friot, via Dior, FashionUnited presents a brief account of an activist trend,...

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Away from the frenzy, creativity shines at haute couture

It was not so long ago that haute couture was held in salons, private sitting room-style presentations that showed the collections to a Maison’s elusive, well-to-do clientele. It was unobtrusive, chic, and most of all held hush-hush behind closed doors. But those are days of yore. Just like ready-to-wear, haute couture is vying for fashion’s...

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Josephine Baker and the Roaring Twenties celebrated by Dior

From cabaret feathers to sleek suits and velvet robes, Dior celebrated Josephine Baker and the wild freedom of the Roaring Twenties in a celeb-packed show on Monday to kickstart haute couture week in Paris. A parade of stars were in the front row, including Anya Taylor-Joy, Kirsten Dunst, Rosamund Pike and K-Pop's Jisoo, to see Chiuru's homage...