PARIS : For her fall show, Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri reined in the volumes often associated with haute couture fashion and sent out a line-up of slender dresses and capes in neutral tones and touches of gold and silver.
The designer mined styles associated with classical antiquity – she grew up in Rome, surrounded by statues from the era – and, moving away from pinched waists, offered long, column dresses, opera coats and capes. "I like to transform the traditional jacquard and brocade into something more natural – I like the contradiction between the two materials, I think I can create something new," she said, noting raw silk was woven into the fabric of a dress and jacket ensemble, alongside metallic thread.