From circus performers to actual horses, Dior's fashion shows know how to put on a spectacle.
This time around, for the AW19 show in Paris, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri enlisted the help of Italian artist Tomaso Binga, ‘a woman who chose a masculine pseudonym to parody the privileges reserved to men alone,’ to create the huge set which featured letters and nude women.
Chiuri also managed to pull in quite the front row, including a long-haired Cara Delevingne and a rare fashion week sighting of Jennifer Lawrence. As well as heralding the return of the bucket hat and creating next season's sell-out feminist slogan t-shirt.
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All in a day's work, eh Chiuri?
Make-up artist Peter Philips extended the theatrics to the models' faces, featuring a graphic eyelash look that would make Twiggy blush.
However, alongside the A-list FROW and the viral beauty looks were also some killer clothes. The runway was a feast of large, waist-cinching belts, full skirts and voluminous coats that were so wearable and yet so high-fashion - basically Chiuri's calling card.
Chiuri, the first female artistic director in Christian Dior's 70 years, details her Teddy Girl inspiration in an exclusive clip with ELLE UK:
‘The starting point was a reflection about the relationship between Dior and British culture. But, I didn’t want to make a collection that was so close with the past.' The mother-of-two explains, 'So, I discovered some pictures about the Teddy Girls, which was a young subculture that started to break the rules. They used to mix Edwardian jackets with denim and other clothes that arrived with the New Look, and from America.'
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Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.
