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Christian Dior will be showcased this autumn at Kunstmuseum Den Haag |
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© Viviane Sassen for Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
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THE HAGUE.- Timeless, trailblazing, elegant and influential the designs of Christian Dior (1905-1957) are all of these. Just after the Second World War, he established his own house in Paris, which soon became famous, and he quickly took the fashion world by storm. His New Look, with its full skirts, changed fashion, and his silhouettes were worn from Paris to London, New York, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. His successors Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri have continuously perpetuated his visionary boldness. Their talent and boundless creativity have left an indelible mark on the unique history of the House of Dior. The ideas of the founding-couturier are still very much alive, and this will be showcased this autumn at Kunstmuseum Den Haag, says curator Madelief Hohé. His designs will be shown in dialogue with those of Maria Grazia Chiuri, Diors current and first female Creative Director.
DIOR A New Look will open on 21 September.
Dior is one of the worlds greatest and most alluring couture houses, established at a time when Paris was recovering from the Second World War, and had yet to regain its status as a fashion capital. The reserved but ambitious Christian Dior grew up on the Normandy coast, in a pink villa with a colourful flower garden that he planted with his mother. He had intended to become an architect, and before the war had a career running a gallery and then working for other fashion houses. In 1946, he boldly opened his House on Avenue Montaigne and presented his first, ultra-feminine collection in 1947. It was interpreted as an audacious revolution. He dispensed with the strong, square shoulder lines that had dominated the wartime look, introducing the full skirts, tiny waists and sloping shoulders of the Corolle line and sophistication and precision tailoring in his figure hugging En Huit line. Upon seeing this captivating spectacle, Carmel Snow, the editor-in-chief of the American magazine Harper's Bazaar, exclaimed, "Its quite a revolution, dear Christian, your dresses have such a New Look!".
The name Dior was soon widely known, his creations worn around the world. Christian Dior was only briefly able to enjoy his success, as he died at a young age. But although he stood at the helm of the House of Dior for only ten years, his work still has great impact to this day.
Dior Women
The title of this exhibition not only refers to the iconic, feminine New Look, but also to the present, where the founding-couturiers ideas live on. Maria Grazia Chiuri has thoroughly explored Christian Diors vision and the DNA of the House, but she designs for todays women. If Dior is about femininity, then it is about women. And not about what it was to be a woman 50 years ago, but to be a woman today. Her first ready-to-wear collection in 2016 was highly significant, based on the New Look, but combined with a simple T-shirt bearing the slogans (Dio)Revolution or We should all be feminists, inspired by the eponymous essay written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The Creative Director likes to work with female artists: for instance, she worked with Isabella Ducrot for the staging of the Dior spring-summer 2024 haute couture show, or, more recently, with Shakuntala Kulkarni who conceived a unique scenography for the Dior autumn-winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear défilé. To tie in with this, Kunstmuseum Den Haag invited Dutch photographer and artist Viviane Sassen to produce a series of photographs specially for the exhibition, in collaboration with Dior.
Exceptional friendships
Actress Marlène Dietrich liked to wear Dior both in her private life and in her films. Indeed, she made it a precondition of her consent, replying No Dior, no Dietrich to Alfred Hitchcock, before the filming of Stage Fright. Other famous names associated with Dior include Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, among other remarkable figures. We will not only be highlighting famous personalities, however, but also the many women who have done so much work behind the scenes.
Fresh Look
DIOR A New Look will take a fresh look at the House, featuring designs by Christian Dior and by his successors Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri. The central narrative will be the dialogue between the work of founding-couturier Christian Dior and that of Maria Grazia Chiuri. The bold, unique and progressive style of both designers has great impact, and both perfectly reflect the spirit of their age. With their kind of statements theyve both given the House a fresh New Look.
Only in the Hague
DIOR A New Look was initiated and conceived by Kunstmuseum Den Haag and has not been shown elsewhere. Designs from the museums own collection will be joined by exceptional loans from Dior Héritage, as well as items from Palais Galliera (Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris), Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris and other collections (some of them private) in Belgium, Germany, Monaco and the United States. One unique aspect will be the addition of Dior costume jewellery from one of the largest private collections in the world. A selection of drawings, sketches and iconic photographs will complete the show.
The exhibition will be designed by art director Maarten Spruyt. A Dutch-language catalogue and a childrens art book about the young Christian Dior by Annemarie van Haeringen will be published to accompany the exhibition. For the first time, there will be a pop-up store right outside the exhibition where visitors will be able to purchase mementoes of DIOR A New Look.
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