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Dior’s Resort 2022 in Athens, Greece

Georgia Papadon — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:48:03 +0000

It was definitely a night to remember…

Last night, June 17th 2021, a unique fashion show took place in Athens, Greece. At the Panathenaic Stadium of Athens, the world’s only marble stadium, Maria Grazia Chiuri On Hosting Dior’s Cruise 2022 Collection, found the most authentic stage to examine just why she loves this most original garment—the mother of all dresses—so much. She worked the peplos that opened the show like a parachute dress, sportifying it with drawstrings and drawing a contrast to the classic Hellenic dresses that closed the show.

As part of the exhaustive studies that underpin Dior shows like these, she toured sites from Knossos to Delphi in search of authentic approaches. She found her answer in the community collaborations that traditionally weave through her destination shows, inviting a string of local artisans to work on the collection. The tailor Aristeidis Tzonevraki created a Book Tote and a Bar Jacket using a unique method through which the items are structured by way of embroidery. The Soufli-based factory Silk Line interpreted Dior’s houndstooth in silk leggings and shorts using its signature jacquard loom. And Atelier Tsalavoutas Dior-ified caps worn by the fishermen of Hydra since the 19th century.

Maria Grazia Chiuri took us away, for the anticipated Dior Cruise 2022 show, staged at the incredible Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The ancient all-marble stadium has an illustrious history—built in 329 BC for the Panathenaic Games, which were held to honor the goddess Athena, it served as an Olympic venue in 1896 and 2004—but this was its first fashion show.

Everything was magical in Athens, Greece. Rising in the distance, the temples of the Acropolis, particularly the Parthenon, hold a special significance, as it was here, in 1951, that a visiting group of the House’s models posed for a series of photographs wearing couture designs by Monsieur Dior.

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“I Want To Emphasise The Beauty Of The Country”

Maria Grazia Chiuri On Hosting Dior’s Cruise 2022 Collection In Athens

This is the unique location for the unveiling of the Dior Cruise 2022 collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri, the monumental and millennia old Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, the world’s only marble stadium.

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“Everybody thinks of Greece and Italy in terms of holidays… But our research was really big in terms of the history of Greece. We worked to show how important this time was, not least for the 20th century.”

Maria Grazia Chiuri

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Photos : courtesy Christian Dior

By Georgia Papadon & team

Christian Dior, Spring Summer 2017, Couture Collection

Georgia Papadon — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:28:51 +0000

Last night , at the garden of Paris’s Rodin Museum,Maria Grazia Chiuri presented her first couture collection at the Legendary house’s ateliers, Dior’s . In her spring/summer ready-to-wear debut the designer had utilised Dior’s catwalk to display feminism and natural beauty with dresses by no means only for nymphs and would serve any woman well on a red carpet, for a wedding, or simply at a marvellous party. See almost any look here:

Early clues could be found in the mass of foliage that covered the walls and floors , creating a heady woodland thicket. And after the first exit (a black tuxedo-style suit with a sinuous hooded Bar jacket), the models appeared wearing masks and headdresses marking them out as creatures of mythical nature.

Earlier in the day invitations to last night’s Bal Dior had similarly included mythical symbolism, and now it was clear that Maria Grazia’s thoughts were far from the pavements of the capitals and instead were focused on the unbelievably romantic opportunities offered by the house’s ateliers.

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Source & Images via British Vogue

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