{"id":2494,"date":"2021-03-09T05:06:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=188173"},"modified":"2021-03-09T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T01:41:00","slug":"dior-fall-winter-2021","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/dior-fall-winter-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Grazia Chiuri&#8217;s &#8220;Disturbing Beauty&#8221; At Dior"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blive-responsive-iframe-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; background: transparent;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"blive_3351\" class=\"blive_iframe blive_iframe_responsive\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; margin: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/install.blivenyc.com\/speed\/landing\/campaign\/3351\/responsive\/1\/tags\/distro,not-integrated\" width=\"\" height=\"551\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/christian-dior-fall-2021\/\">Maria Grazia Chiuri&#8217;s Fall 2021 ready-to-wear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/christian-dior-haute-couture-spring-summer-2021\/\">collection for Dior<\/a> looked like something out of a fairytale\u2014albeit a slightly pragmatic fairytale. The collection debuted in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles\u2014the palace best-known for its 17th-century heyday under King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette\u2014Chiuri lining the hall with artworks by the Italian artist Silvia Giambrone, and adding decorative thorns in a nod to <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The clothing itself touched on that same dark romanticism\u2014the show finished with an array of exquisite tulle gowns fit for a princess\u2014but elsewhere we saw military-inspired tailoring, laser-cut leather apron dresses, and sensible shirting. As designers split between those embracing the functional, utilitarian role of fashion, and those embracing its whimsical, fantastical capabilities, Chiuri deftly occupied the middle ground.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188187\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188187\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/00014-Christian-Dior-Fall-21.jpg\" alt=\"Dior Fall Winter 2021\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Dior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an accompanying dance routine choreographed by Silvia Giambrone, dancers stared longingly at themselves in the gilded ornate mirrors. \u201cIt\u2019s as if she advises the young girls on the runway: \u2018If you want to build your identity, don\u2019t look yourself in the mirror,\u2019\u201d Chiuri said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/fashion-shows\/fall-2021-ready-to-wear\/christian-dior\" target=\"_blank\">post-show interview<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s something we talked about a lot. If you want to concentrate, you can\u2019t look at your reflection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This serves as something of an Aesop&#8217;s fable in and of itself\u2014after a year spent indoors, our propensity for navel-gazing and unhealthy levels of introspection are at an all-time high. Much like Chiuri&#8217;s muses, we should instead look to the future with ambition, resilience, and optimism\u2014and, if you&#8217;re lucky, you&#8217;ll do it while wearing a particularly chic re-worked Bar jacket.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188188\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188188\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/00028-Christian-Dior-Fall-21.jpg\" alt=\"Dior Fall Winter 2021\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Dior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188189\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188189\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/00007-Christian-Dior-Fall-21.jpg\" alt=\"Dior Fall Winter 2021\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Dior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188184\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188184\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/00062-Christian-Dior-Fall-21.jpg\" alt=\"Dior Fall Winter 2021\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Dior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188185\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188185\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/00063-Christian-Dior-Fall-21.jpg\" alt=\"Dior Fall Winter 2021\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Dior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":26240,"featured_media":2495,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[65,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maria Grazia Chiuri&#039;s &#039;Distrubing Beauty&#039; 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