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Dior is continuing to make a splash in New York this year.
Following on the heels of the brand’s blockbuster takeover of Saks Fifth Avenue’s windows and store interior for the holidays will be a Dior prefall 2024 fashion show that will take place April 15 at the Brooklyn Museum.
The collection, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri, the artistic director of women’s haute couture, ready-towear and accessories collections, will be a tribute to the “unwavering ties forged between Dior and the United States from the very beginning of the house,” according to the company.
The show will also reaffirm the “symbolic and powerful alliance” uniting Dior and the Brooklyn Museum.
Last March Dior showed its pre-fall collection at the Gateway of India, which overlooks the Arabian Sea and is one of the city’s best- loved landmarks. The Taj Mahal hotel is across the road.
That show — massive in featuring 99 styles — was unique in that many of the styles showed Chiuri’s affection and appreciation for India, with her choice of color palette, motifs, mirror work, sequins and crafts. She had collaborated with Karishma Swali, who directs the Chanakya ateliers and the Chanakya School of Craft in Mumbai, which brought to life Chiuri’s love for embroidery and the craft of India.
Among the celebrities who attended that show were Hollywood actors Yara Shahidi, Cara Delevingne, Freida Pinto, Maisie Williams and Simone Ashley; Thai actors Mile Phakphum and Apo Nattawin, and Bollywood stars including Sonam Ahuja Kapoor and Anushka Sharma with her husband, well known cricketeer Virat Kohli, as well as sitarist Anushka Shankar.