Taylor-Joy straightened the fringes of Cara Delevingne’s dress before they posed for photos.
“I feel incredibly lucky to be able to collaborate with somebody, and a house, that understands how special those moments are, and really helps to make them as special as they can be for you.
It’s like Rome: it can quickly become something too theatrical, from my point of view, less a real ready-to-wear show, and more a reference to the surroundings, a costume or something that you might find in a museum, a play or an opera.
“We are doing fashion for now, not for the past and not for the future, but about now.
The brand is launching a line called Dior Vibe, including transparent sneakers with gold or silver accents, and gym bags with rubberized bases, which it hopes will become a pillar collection.
“We have to be exemplary,” Pietro Beccari, chairman and chief executive officer of Dior said in an interview on the terrace of the penthouse suite at the Hotel Grande Bretagne, which has a striking view of the Acropolis.
I’m very proud of my team, and I’m so happy that we had the courage collectively to do what we did,” he recalled.
It wasn’t easy and many, many people were denied in the process,” he said, in an indirect reference to Chanel, which was reportedly refused a similar request in 2017.
When protests broke out across town on the eve of the show, Beccari feared the worst.
Beccari was briefed on the situation at dinner with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who gifted him a blue and white limited-edition Swatch watch commemorating the 200th anniversary of Greece’s struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire.
“I was told that there was a very emotional press conference today with Maria Grazia and the Greek press.
The latter inspired a relaxed version of the hourglass Bar jacket with tone-on-tone embroidery, with a razor-pleated white skirt in lieu of pants.
Dior tapped Silk Line, a factory based in the ancestral silk hub of Soufli, to produce the house’s signature stripe and houndstooth motifs using a traditional weaving technique.
The scale of the venue drowned out some of the craftsmanship details, but what came through loud and clear was the attitude of the models: poised, erect and purposeful.