Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri took Christian Dior to the circus Monday with arguably her most sublimely balanced collection for the Paris haute couture label. A troupe of all-female acrobats of all body shapes led out the show inside a retro big top -- complete with harlequin-pattern floor -- built in the gardens of the Rodin Museum in...
Jan 24, 2022
In a new behind the scenes video of Dior's AW18 haute couture show, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri explains the painstaking craftsmanship and relevancy for today's audience. Chiuri says the collection is almost minimal. "We used the toile from the entire collection because we wanted to show what’s behind the couture, how it looks at the...
Jul 10, 2018
Fashion powerhouse Dior brushed aside the whims of the Instagram generation with its deliberately low-key new haute couture collection Monday, arguing that the world's most expensive clothes don't need to shout about it. Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri said she wanted the French label's latest prestige range to glorify classic craftsmanship rather...
Jul 3, 2018
From the escaramuzas, to Chantilly lace and the ‘magical realism’ associated with Latin-American literature, discover all the inspirations of Maria Grazia Chiuri, Artistic Director of the Dior women’s collections, for the cruise 2019 collection. Source: Christian Dior, YouTube.
May 31, 2018
What do Rihanna, Che Guevara nostalgics, and the Kardashian clan all have in common? They are all bonkers about berets. The Frenchest of hats is now also the hippest, with makers struggling to keep up with demand from everyone from pop stars to the crowned heads of Europe. Since Dior's Maria Grazia Chiuri sent out every one of her 68 models...
Feb 28, 2018
London - Donatella Versace, Artistic Director at Versace, and Maria Grazia Chiuri, Creative Director at Dior, are set to be honored at The Fashion Awards 2017. Versace will receive the Fashion Icon Award and Chirui will be awarded the Swarovski Award for Positive Change during the ceremony, which is set to take place December 4 at the Royal...
Nov 30, 2017
Not all women can be models, Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri said Tuesday after a show inspired by the feminist artist Niki de Saint Phalle, who is famous for her fat ladies. The Italian designer, who has made much of her own feminist credentials since becoming the first woman to head the storied French label last year, led out her...
Sep 27, 2017
The fashion industry has long been one of the pillars of women's empowerment. It is an industry that is built upon the genius, innovation, consumerism and gravitas of some of the most impressive women in history. While the obvious expectation would be that women would be on top in every aspect of the field from chief executive officers to...
Mar 8, 2017
The first female designer to lead Dior took her feminist revolution to another level on Friday, unleashing models in workers' blue overalls and Black Panther leather berets. Maria Grazia Chiuri continued her radical shake-up of the fabled French label with a rhapsody in navy blue -- the colour the label's founder Christian Dior said was "the...
Mar 4, 2017
If there were any doubters that Maria Grazia Chiuri was right for Dior there can be none now after a breathtaking debut haute couture collection blew away critics on Monday. This was a fairytale start in every sense for the Italian designer who took the reins of the fabled French label last year. One dreamlike ball gown after another trailed...
Jan 24, 2017
Valentino has officially announced the departure of co-creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. Media reports suggest that Chiuri is all set to start a new chapter in her career at Christian Dior as its new Creative Director, after Raf Simons quit the company last year. “After 25 years of creative partnership and of professional satisfactions we...
Jul 7, 2016
