The royals often use their sartorial choices to send a message, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is no exception. On Saturday, Meghan and Prince Harry spoke at the Global Citizen concert in New York City, promoting Covid vaccine equity. When the Duke and Duchess left the event, Meghan put a black coat on top of her white Valentino shift dress, and picked up her black Dior purse.
Estee Lauder NIGHT REPAIR opens a luxury read-to-wear house in New York on Fifth Avenue. The original lines, titled Corolle and Huit, soon garnered the name the New Look and sparked a revolution in the fashion world. Its full-skirted silhouette collection gained Dior prominent clients from across the world. This exhibition is organized by the DAM and curated by Florence Müller, the DAM’s Avenir Foundation Curator of Textile Art and Fashion. It features exhibition design by internationally renowned architect Shohei Shigematsu, principal of OMA New York. Following its run at the DAM, this exhibition will travel to the Dallas Museum of Art.
The storied fashion label received its first funding from entrepreneur Marcel Boussac and is credited as the impetus for a new silhouette that is still renowned today. The company designs and retail ready-to-wear, fashion accessories, leather goods, cosmetics, skincare products, and so on. First up is Jisoo, who attended the Dior show on Tuesday in a black-and-white embroidered mini dress from the Dior Resort 2022 collection and a small nude Lady Dior bag. Though Jisoo has been working with Dior since 2019, this is her first time attending a show in person as a result of the pandemic . Starting as a local ambassador for Dior Beauty, Jisoo quickly moved up the ranks to be named a Dior Muse.
But on Tuesday it changed its mind, coming back on the first major day of shows. Thankfully it did — as it might it be crowned the season’s best collection so far. Now that coronavirus travel rules have been relaxed between Europe and the U.S., fashion editors from New York have returned to the City of Light. It was an emotional event for many, who had missed seeing their international friends in the industry. “I feel fashion is such a form of creative expression and I’ve really leaned into taking risks and being more bold with my dressing.
Christian Lancome makeup, more commonly known as Dior, is a luxury goods company famed for revolutionizing the women’s fashion industry. The brand has been cited as the catalyst for Paris’ revival as the fashion capital of the world after it fell from its prominent position after WWII. Chiuri has spent the last 18 months pondering the role of the fashion industry, under fire for fueling overconsumption at a time when climate change is causing widespread natural disasters.
Jisoo slipped into a white mini dress completed with black embroidered Greek statues and motifs. According to Vogue, the dress is from the Dior Resort 2022 collection. She styled the look with a pair of black platform heels and a glamorous gold handbag. In all, it was a simple yet chic and effortless look that shined on Jisoo. Moving away from the sober colors of his last collection, Ize used gold shimmer and bright patterns for an optimistic view of spring. A diaphanous curtain billowed as if it were underwater as models strutted out in aquatic themes, including swimming caps, scuba looks, a boxy T-shirt with “CARIBBEAN” on it and a large blue umbrella for a hat.
With objects drawn primarily from the archives, the exhibition includes a vast array of over two hundred haute couture garments as well as photographs, archival videos, sketches, vintage perfume elements, accessories, and works from the Museum’s collection. The haute couture on view exemplifies many of the French couturier’s fabled silhouettes, including the “New Look,” which debuted in 1947. Christian Dior S.A., more commonly known as Dior, is a French luxury goods company founded by Christian Dior, controlled by Bernard Arnault, who also heads LVMH. Fashion legends like Yves Saint Laurent, John Galliano and Christian Dior himself, built the impression of Dior relate to luxury, haute couture and desire.
She’s worked to introduce more sustainable fabrics into her collections, but has also been feeling the urge to bring back joy after months of lonely lockdowns. Dior’s family had hoped he would become a diplomat, but Dior was artistic and wished to be involved in art. To make money, he sold his fashion sketches outside his house for about 10 cents each. In 1928, Dior left school and received money from his father to finance a small art gallery, where he and a friend sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso.
Dior designed for multiple large fashion houses in his youth before founding his own in 1946. Wasting no time, he launched Christian Dior Parfumes just one year later. Still a cult classic to this day, Miss Dior was the very first perfume created by the house of Dior.