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Maria Grazia Chiuri walks the runway during the Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall Winter 2022 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maria Grazia Chiuri, the first woman to ever lead Dior\u2019s women\u2019s collections, is exiting the French house after nearly a decade at the helm. Appointed in 2016, Chiuri<\/a> brought with her a resolutely feminist vision that reverberated through every runway, beginning with her Spring\/Summer 2017 debut, where models wore slogan tees emblazoned with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/a>\u2019s now-famous line: ‘We should all be feminists.’<\/p>\n

“Christian Dior Couture announces that Maria Grazia Chiuri has decided to leave her position as Creative Director of women\u2019s haute couture, ready-to-wear and accessories collections,” read a statement from the Maison. “The House of Dior wishes to express today its deepest gratitude to Maria Grazia Chiuri after a wonderful collaboration as Creative Director of women\u2019s collections since 2016.”<\/p>\n

Chiuri’s time at Dior was prolific. Across couture, ready-to-wear and accessories, Chiuri reframed femininity not as a trending aesthetic but as a dialogue, collaborating with and honouring artists like Judy Chicago<\/a>, Elena Bellantoni<\/a>, and Faith Ringgold<\/a>, and consistently spotlighting female artisans in Mumbai<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Under her creative leadership, the house saw commercial and creative growth, with sales soaring from \u20ac2.2 billion to a peak of \u20ac9.5 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n

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A model walks the runway during the Christian Dior Spring\/Summer 2017 Ready-to-Wear fashion show\u2014the first under Maria Grazia Chiuri’s creative direction\u2014on September 30, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Delphine Arnault, Dior\u2019s Chairman and CEO, praised Chiuri for her \u201cinspiring feminist perspective and exceptional creativity,\u201d noting that she \u201cgreatly contributed to [Dior\u2019s] remarkable growth.\u201d Chiuri, for her part, thanked the ateliers and the women artists who helped realise her vision.<\/p>\n

“I am particularly grateful for the work accomplished by my teams and the Ateliers,” she wrote. “Their talent and expertise allowed me to realise my vision of committed women\u2019s fashion, in close dialogue with several generations of female artists. Together, we have written an impactful chapter of which I am immensely proud.”<\/p>\n

From resurrecting the Saddle Bag to reinterpreting Marc Bohan\u2019s Miss Dior line<\/a>, Chiuri saw herself as a curator of Dior\u2019s expansive legacy\u2014not just of its founder, but of the visionaries who followed. As the house enters a new era\u2014Jonathan Anderson<\/a> now leading Dior Men, and senior leadership recalibrations still yet to be confirmed\u2014speculation swirls about her successor.<\/p>\n

In an emotional farewell to the House, Chiuri presented her final collection,\u00a0Cruise 2026<\/a>, in her hometown of Rome this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42672,"featured_media":64008,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[65,35],"yoast_head":"\nMaria Grazia Chiuri Exits Dior After Nine Years<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maria Grazia Chiuri has announced she is leaving Dior after nine years at the helm of the French couturier.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/maria-grazia-chiuri-exits-dior\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maria Grazia Chiuri Exits Dior After Nine Years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maria Grazia Chiuri has announced she is 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