Maria Grazia Chiuri interview: Dior is ready to celebrate

Designing a Dior for the post-pandemic world

Dior Maria Grazia Chiuri interview

Zoom connects. On-screen, Maria Grazia Chiuri is sitting beside a doll’s house. Of steamer trunk-like construction, the mini-mansion rises to four storeys; in architectural make-up, its elegant façade, replete with wrought-iron balconies, cornicing and rows of picture windows, shares details with the Paris address that Chiuri is speaking from today. Last July, the doll’s house starred in Le Mythe Dior, a short film of fairy-tale escapism, conceived by Chiuri in partnership with Rome-born director Matteo Garrone to introduce Chiuri’s then newest haute couture creations, in lieu of a traditional fashion show. “I wanted a souvenir,” Chiuri says of the tectonic prop.

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