"After women flowers are the most lovely thing god has given to the world."
Christian Dior The Little Dictionary of fashion 1954.
I was captivated by this movie. I loved watching how a creative director puts a collection together. I particularly loved seeing how Raf Simons worked and how and what inspired him. At the beginning of the film it talks about Dior's beginnings and its creator Christian Dior and what he brought to women's fashion and how he changed the fashion industry and changed the woman's silhouette. Its a label that prides itself on keeping the female form and shape in its clothes. Its Couture is embellished and glamorous. The film then Introduces Raf Simons as the new creative director. Known for working in High fashion for 15 years previously, He has gained a reputation for minimalism in the menswear section of the fashion industry. People were sceptical and curious to see what he will bring to Couture Dior.
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You see the entire development of the collection from the inspiration to the designs to the runway.
The film then follows Raf Simons and his team in the Dior atelier. I absolutely loved how you get to see behind the name. you get to see the love behind the making of the clothes. All of the hard work and love that goes into making a collection. It was interesting to me that the atelier don't necessarily get the credit they deserve. Their role is so important to the brand but yet people only see the name and the clothes. I found it a little sad when one of the seamstresses were talking about the clothes like they were their babies, and how when they are finished making them, they have to let the clothes go. They spoke about how emotional it can be. You really got a sense of who is behind the clothes and who they were.
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I really connected to Raf. I loved watching his artistic process and seeing what inspired him. He is a very emotional and sensitive guy. you can see how passionate he is about what he does. I loved how he followed his heart and his instinct's and how he pushed for what he believed in and created his vision. The beauty of the final product I found to be breathtaking. When the flowers went up It was other worldly. I would have loved to have been there and to have taken it all in. I was touched by his emotion displayed at the showing of his collection at Paris fashion week. He had put his all into this project for 2 months with all of this pressure on his shoulders to deliver.
I did a bit more research into Dior and found that all of Christian Dior's couture collections were inspired by art and flowers. He had a great passion for nature and gardens and wanted to interpret that into his collections.
I did a bit more research into Dior and found that all of Christian Dior's couture collections were inspired by art and flowers. He had a great passion for nature and gardens and wanted to interpret that into his collections.
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I absolutely love flowers and I too am inspired by their colours, patterns and textures. Colour to me brings everything to life with makeup. I want to use colours in my final design that ignite emotions in whoever is looking at it. Because my final design is to represent love, devotion etc I want that reaction. I also love the way colour develops in flowers and how it can explode onto the petals! I wanted to create that same effect with the colour around the eye and building the intensity and layering the colour so that it looks like the centre of a flower exploding out.
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| Photos from the Couture collections and the art behind their inspiration. Referenced below. |
Refrences:
Film: Dior and I. France. Frederic Tcheng, 2014. DVD.
For Photos and history, Book: Muller, Florence and Thiebaut, Philippe. 2013. Dior Impressions: The Inspiration and Influence of Impressionism at the House of Dior, Newyork. Rizzoli Newyork. pages, 20-34.
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