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From the glamour of Christian Dior’s first collection to John Galliano sending models down the runway dressed in full papal vestments in the Noughties and Maria Grazia Chiuri’s We Should All Be Feminists
T-shirts for SS17, the history of Dior is as proudly subversive as it is eclectic. To celebrate the French fashion house’s 70th anniversary, Dior is bringing iconic looks across the decades to Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The exhibition showcases the output of the seven creative directors who have been at the helm: the corseted silhouettes of Christian Dior’s first collection, Corolle (after the ‘corolla’, or petals of a flower), gave way to Yves Saint Laurent’s billowing ‘trapeze’ dresses and, much later, John Galliano’s sex-infused renegade seasons. There will also be pieces from Raf Simons’ revolutionary tenure and Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior’s current creative director and the first female to hold the title. Christian Dior:
Couturier du Rêve at the Musée des
Arts Décoratifs until 7 January 2018