Maria Grazia Chiuri focuses on three extraordinary personalities, Catherine Dior, Édith Piaf and Juliette Gréco, for the Christian Dior Fall 2023 RTW collection. These three women shared an independent spirit that guided their choices. Singular protagonists, each of them was able, through their lifestyle, to subvert feminine stereotypes that were part of the post-war mind set.

The floral motifs chosen by Monsieur Dior have been reinterpreted: the texture of the mottled fabric is interwoven with a metallic thread that makes the material seem alive, malleable even, and erases the contours, obtaining an abstract effect. Primary colors take center stage: ruby, emerald, topaz yellow and blue. Delicate shades of tartan dress the coats, jackets and straight skirts.

The embroidery composes small bursts of light. Celebrating the kaleidoscopic image of femininity drawn by powerful icons, inhabited by conscience, these creations suggest emotional paths to the new generations of women who are shaping our future.

This Dior collection is the very signature of a femininity that goes against the grain. Rebellious. At once strong and fragile.

Go behind the scenes as the Dior Fall 2023 show attracted a stunning line-up of special guests to discover the new collection amid an art installation by Joana Vasconcelos in Paris’s Jardin des Tuileries.