Dior Fall 2023 collection... between creativity and renewal
In the Dior Fall 2023 collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri sought to find a creative and new way to express the feelings and emotions that bind us to a country and its culture, with the aim of embodying the cooperation, working relations, and friendship that she had gathered over many years with India and with Karishma Swali, who runs Chanakya Workshops and Crafts School in Mumbai.
It is a place of dialogue, exploration, and liberation for many women; It serves as a laboratory for the different types of craftsmanship that the Creative Director of Dior's women's collections has always celebrated, highlighting the great vision of the founding designer.
The archives reveal designs for Dior created by then-Creative Director Marc Bohan, who traveled to India in April 1962, specifically to Mumbai and Delhi, where he established a dialogue between France and India.
For Marc Bohan, these shows were remarkable events, welcoming a new departure under his creative direction: an orientation towards a younger clientele and a more dynamic and contemporary approach to fashion and ready-to-wear.
Maria Grazia Chiuri has chosen a range of colors and materials that express key influences she shares with Karishma Swali, Director of Chanakya Ateliers. The creative director of Dior's women's collections works on timeless clothing shapes that have remained unique over time, allowing her to reinvent her favorite designs.
A homage to Marc Bohan, a series of designs in contrasting silks in shades of green, yellow, pink and purple are born in the form of embellished evening coats, sari-inspired A-line skirts, traditional Indian cuts and trousers. Boleros, jackets, shirts: it is indeed a lineage of clothing, defined by heritage and different fashion cultures.
Embroidery, an iconic element and a means of research that unlocks all the possibilities of this craft, is transformed into a tool for the glorification of the many landscapes of India, through the relationship between Dior and the ateliers of Chanakya and its school of crafts: this art of cartography blends and highlights Highlighting the different technologies that become, through the school's methods of work, a world of women's heritage and a tool for creativity and empowerment at the same time.
Geometric shapes are framed by gold and silver sequins or strass; Decorative patterns come within a “kaleidoscope” range of colors to distinguish nightwear, blouses and dresses made of silk fabrics. The Toile de Jouy pattern, recreated in a hazy palette of green, thus resembles the camouflage pattern enhanced with elements of the Indian landscape, home to many of the lucky animals so dear to the heart of this multifaceted civilization.
Presented in Mumbai*, the collection is an expression of a shared space that was born thanks to this project that celebrates Dior's collaboration with Chanakya. This creative exchange between France and India results in precious designs that embody exceptional craftsmanship, underlining the solid and solid relationship between the two countries.
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