Dior celebrates youth and whimsy at Paris Haute Couture show
Dior celebrates youth and whimsy at Paris Haute Couture show
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Dior celebrated youth, whimsy and escapism in the gardens of the Musée Rodin at Paris Haute Couture week. Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri has long imbued the strength and power of women within her designs, and it appears for this collection, she has turned her attention to girls.
“For this collection I was inspired by the Trapeze Line of Yves Saint Laurent because in some ways it references children’s clothing,” says Chiuri. “I believe that our childhood should be revisited because it is a very formative time of our existence,” she says.
“I believe that whoever wants to do a creative job has to look at their work with the eyes and the awe of someone who has never seen these things before to create an aspect of dreams.”. The silhouette that dominated the runway is far more structured than Chiuri’s usual style, and steered away from the draped, fluid lines of last season’s haute couture show.
Saint Laurent launched his ‘Trapeze Line’ collection in 1958, deviating from the romantic lines of Dior’s ‘New Look’, in an attempt to prove how women can look sexy without having to accentuate a slim waistline. Inspired by this ground-breaking fashion initiative (which influenced the shift and swing dresses of the Sixties) Chiuri showcased an abbreviated take on frock coats and cocooning outerwear.
The collection’s consistent play on proportions didn’t mean the details were pared back though. Dramatically sweeping and densely ruffled fabrics imbued a sense of motion – as though the gowns were taking flight from the reality of the runway into a world of fantasy.
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