{"id":17666,"date":"2022-01-25T10:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T10:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=208636"},"modified":"2022-01-25T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T11:49:06","slug":"christian-dior-haute-couture-spring-summer-2022","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/christian-dior-haute-couture-spring-summer-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Dior Lets Craftsmanship Shine With A Pared-Back Couture Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dior Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pV0B1Z7v9kY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was a full house at <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/livestream-dior-haute-couture-spring-summer-2022\/\">Christian Dior&#8217;s couture spring summer 2022<\/a> collection unveiling at the Mus\u00e8e Rodin in Paris yesterday afternoon. Everyone from Hollywood royalty (Rosamund Pike, Claire Foy) to fashion royalty (Natalia Vodianova, Cara Delevingne) to <em>actual<\/em> royalty (Beatrice Borromeo, Lady Amelia Windsor) was in attendance, enjoying an unseasonably sunny day in the French capital and a masterclass in the unparalleled craftsmanship of Parisian <em>haute couture<\/em>.\u00a0In fact, if there was one takeaway from <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/dior-estrena-a-nivel-mundial-su-documental-the-greek-bar-jacket\/\">Maria Grazia Chiuri&#8217;s latest Dior offering<\/a> it was the true value of\u00a0<em>craft<\/em>, the collection was intentionally simple to allow the level of couture detailing to truly shine. No gimmicky tricks, no catering to Instagram, just beautiful, simplified clothes made by some of the most talented artisans on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Floating down the runway to the cool synthy bops of Beach House, this crop of <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/search\/?search=christian+dior\">Dior girls<\/a> wore double-breasted Bar jackets finished in soft white wool, long cashmere capes, and sharp tailored suits. The colour palette was simple, a smooth ombre of blacks, navys, creams, and beiges. Eveningwear was largely minimal\u2014strapless or halter neck chiffon gowns in ink black and finished with little adornment, and there was a surprising amount of bridal looks\u2013bias-cut dresses embellished with crystal (Zelda Fitzgerald eat your heart out) and flowy off-the-shoulder ivory gowns. The haute couture collections are crafted by the dozens of &#8220;petites main&#8221; seamstresses who work in the Christian Dior atelier (many of whom have been there for decades), and Chiuri opted for simplicity to show off the depth of detail in their work. The cashmere cape, for example, was embroidered together, not stitched, to create the illusion that it&#8217;s a singular piece knitted by hand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208638\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208638\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1366632985.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring Summer 2022\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; JANUARY 24: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY &#8211; For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Dior Haute Couture Spring\/Summer 2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 24, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t only French ateliers on Grazia Chiuri&#8217;s mind. She set the show against a backdrop of gargantuan embroidered tapestries crafted by artists Madhvi and Manu Parekh. They were made by hand by the Chanakya School of Craft in Mumbai, an institution which supports women by teaching them hand-crafts, and with whom Grazia Chiuri has collaborated many times during her tenure at Dior. \u201cThere is an idea that Indian embroidery is something cheap,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2022\/jan\/24\/depth-of-tradition-dior-haute-couture-show-celebrates-indias-art-and-embroidery\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a> before the show. \u201cWe talk a lot about the incredible ateliers we have here in the Avenue Montaigne, but Indian artisans make embroidery with just the same knowledge and expertise and depth of tradition as embroidery in France and Italy. This excellence is not just ours.\u201d The pieces took 380 artisans more than 280,000 hours to make\u2014a level of craftsmanship so special, the Mus\u00e8e Rodin will show the pieces to the public as part of an art exhibition until the end of January.<\/p>\n<p>In a cultural moment where we are finally beginning to take stock of our consumption habits, are less driven by the frenetic and untenable pace of life pre-pandemic, and in which we are realigning our values to reconsider what is truly important to us, Grazia Chiuri&#8217;s collection hit all the right notes. Rather than hurtle aimlessly toward the next shiny thing, it pays to sit in the moment and value simplicity. Besides, when &#8216;less is more&#8217; looks this good, how could you want anything else?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208639\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208639\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1366672963.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring Summer 2022\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1537\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; JANUARY 24: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY &#8211; For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Dior Haute Couture Spring\/Summer 2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 24, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Peter White\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208640\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208640\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1366600629.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring Summer 2022\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; JANUARY 24: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY &#8211; For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Dior Haute Couture Spring\/Summer 2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 24, 2022 in Paris, France. 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