Fashion designer Maria Grazia Chiuri presented Dior‘s Cruise 2019 Diorodeo womenswear collection inspired by The Escaramuzas – traditional Mexican women riders, on Friday May 25th, in France’s Chantilly Stables. For the collection Dior combines elements of tradition and freedom in a modern way. The collection also touches The House of the Spirits, the first novel by the Chilean writer Isabel Allende, with its portrayal of independent female characters.
RESORT 2019 COLLECTIONS
“Ample and extravagant skirts are worn with fitted jackets that accentuate the narrowness of the waist, emphasized with a high belt. The collection is punctuated with different materials, such as that great French classic that is toile de Jouy, which has been revisited and modernized, its picturesque scenes featuring the introduction of a series of wild animals, including tigers and serpents. Lace, whether light or opulent, layered in pleated flounces or perfectly rounded, is set off by black rubber boots that contrast with the more contemporary elements: transformed tulle skirts and Bar jackets possess an assertive air. The tulle blooms a powerful red as well as in superimposed powdery shades.
The power of these united and supportive women, evoking the female crafting groups devoted to the transmission of artisanal savoirfaire in a form of shared creative freedom, prompted Maria Grazia Chiuri to reinterpret a series of typical materials and techniques through a contemporary prism. The image of the Amazon, a mythological beauty from antiquity, also pushed her to explore a wardrobe whose sporting dimension overcomes gender barriers. As a result, jackets in Japanese cotton are paired with pants in various shapes, culotte skirts, or skirts whose pleating recalls the design Drags, an haute couture afternoon dress designed by Christian Dior for the spring-summer 1948 collection. The look is finished with the iconic Saddle bag, as rethought by Maria Grazia Chiuri, as well as white or striped men’s shirts, and a slim black tie.“
