MANIFESTO

#61

ART NOW

POP TAKE COLLECTION

2021.10.01

DIOR SS22
WOMENSWEAR

Maria Grazia Chiuri revisits the early 1960s, and creates a new lexicon for the present times, inviting us to shine. Boxy jackets, color block and cutting-edge minimalism.

For Dior spring-summer 2022 women’s ready-to-wear collection Maria Grazia Chiuri revisits the early 1960s, etching out the contours of change and formulating a new lexicon for a world still reeling from the pandemic. She explores Marc Bohan’s long tenure as Creative Director of Dior focusing on the Slim Look collection, presented in 1961 and described by the fashion press as follows: “It completely changes fashion, just as the New Look did in 1947.”
Chiuri’s knows something about creating a dreamworld nourished by curiosity, desire, and research. A lot of research.
SS22 silhouettes are characterised by boxy cut jackets, refined coats, skirts, Bermudas, shorts, and dresses, combined in multiple contrasts. Colors are key to the collection concept as each piece is transposed in yellow, green, red, navy, orange, and raspberry, giving Bohan’s aesthetic a color block spin. From clothes to scenography, color keeps being central as Maria Grazia Chiuri turns to artist Anna Paparatti to conceive show absurdist spatial geometries. Pop and minimal. This collection reminds us that clothes are made to inhabit the space and invites us to shine and perform ourselves on the stage of our life.

LOUIS VUITTON

GHESQUIÈRE OCTOBER 2014

2023.09.20

The GO-14 bag, an acronym for Ghesquière October 2014, originated as one of the first creations to mark the designer’s debut at the head of the Louis Vuitton Maison.

NEWS

On Foot

2023.09.19

The exhibition On Foot, curated by Jonathan Anderson at Offer Waterman Gallery, will bring contemporary artists in dialogue with works of modern British Art and some interventions conceived by the designer himself.

EXHIBITION

MODE ET SPORT. D'UN PODIUM À L'AUTRE

2023.09.18

Ahead of the 2024 Olympics, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris presents Mode et Sport: from September 20th 2023 will be possible to discover the fascinating interconnections between fashion and sport from the ancient world to the present day.

V&A Museaum

FASHION MANIFESTO

2023.09.15

The first exhibition in the UK dedicated to the visionary couturier Gabrielle Coco Chanel – Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto will open on September 16th 2023 at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

JEWELLERY

A BAG BECOMES JEWELLERY

2023.09.14

From September 13th, the Kelly by Hermès will be the star of an exhibition in the Milan boutique of Via Montenapoleone, where the Kellymorphose retrospective will be staged, boldly and surprisingly reinterpreting the brand’s iconic accessory in the world of jewellery.