DIOR SS2017
DIOR SS2017
DIOR Ss2017



 ABOUT DIOR 2017 SS FROM VOGUE

 Given that Maria Grazia Chiuri took the helm as the first female creative director of Dior just three months ago, the third in the role in five years, and in the process split from her design partner of 26 years, Pierpaolo Piccioli, she could have been forgiven for looking a little nervous, emotional even. But as the celebrities began to take their seats - and it was a stellar gathering with Rihanna, Kate Moss, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman and Marion Cotillard - backstage the 52 year old, with her bleached hair was wreathed in smiles. Dressed in black tailoring and sneakers, her daughter nearby, she was chatting freely about the influences within her first collection, most notably fencing and feminism. No sign at all of pre-show nerves. "It is a sport for the heart and the mind and it brings men and women onto equal ground," she said, standing in front of a moodboard pinned with sepia pictures of both male and female fencers in their white breeches and padded waistcoats - it is one of the few sports where the uniforms are the same between the sexes, she was at pains to point out. There were also references to Dior's New Look and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's book We Should All Be Feminists (and whom was seated front row). "I want to create fashion that resembles the women of today," she further elaborated, "fashion that corresponds to their changing needs, freed from the stereotypical categories of masculine and feminine." She was also looking to make it wearable.