{"id":43866,"date":"2021-12-21T21:16:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T21:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=43866"},"modified":"2021-12-21T22:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:00:21","slug":"artist-spotlight-the-lady-dior-bag","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/artist-spotlight-the-lady-dior-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Creatives Refurbishing The Lady Dior Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit: Instagram @dior Photographed by Ken Ngan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rich in history, the Lady Dior bag<\/a> has been reimagined by international artists now for six different collections. Spearheaded by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri<\/a>, the project has called upon diverse groups of artists to integrate their own personal spin on the legendary Lady Dior bag. Transforming the iconic design, Dior Lady Art has included the works of Judy Chicago<\/a>, Claire Tabouret, and more throughout its lifespan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Created in 1995, the design was first dubbed the Chouchou bag before s<\/span>ky-rocketing in popularity after having been seen on the arm of Princess Diana<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>T<\/span>he handbag was gifted to Lady Di in 1995 by the then-First Lady of France, Bernadette Chirac amidst the opening of a C\u00e9zanne exhibit. Renamed in tribute to the handbag’s biggest fan, <\/span>the Lady Dior bag has since become an integral style staple of the Dior assortment. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 6th installment of Dior Lady Art will be broken up into two installments. With this group of six artists as part one, another six will round out the collection in a coming chapter. Now, Zhang Huan, Genieve Figgis, Gisela Colon, Lina Iris Viktor, Johan Creten, and Manal Al Dowayan will debut their pieces as the latest brigade of artists tasked with reimagining the iconic Lady Dior bag in their own image while maintaining the house\u2019s unmatched craftsmanship in a limited-edition collection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here, <\/span>GRAZIA<\/span><\/i> gets to know the artists creatively shaking up the iconic Lady Dior bag.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhang Huan<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Credit: Instagram @dior Photographed by Ken Ngan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Chinese multi-media artist based between Shanghai and New York, the painter\/ performance artist\/ photographer\/ and sculptor integrated his philosophies surrounding nature and life cycles into his customized Lady Dior creations. His two mini models paint a picture of Buddhist masks in a splashy landscape through intricately embroidered beads and sequins. Implementing an advanced 3D-printing technique for the faces resulted in a holographic effect in another iteration. Huan\u2019s large Lady bag displays a reference from a Rembrandt painting. The female figure is meticulously rendered out of tribute to the traditional art of ancestral Chinese cabinetmaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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