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Maria Grazia Chiuri Fuses Ancient Greek History Into Dior’s 2022 Cruise Collection, Revealed Tonight From Athens – Forbes

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ATHENS, GREECE -Models walk the runway during the Dior Cruise Collection 2022 at Panathinaiko … [+] Stadium on June 17, 2021 in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images )


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A runway filled with ancient history, Dior’s Cruise 2022 collection, titled “Erratum” by Maria Grazia Chiuri at the Panathenaic Stadium, which hosted the 1896 Olympics in Athens and that usually fits 400 guests saw the creative director’s signature sartorial storytelling of the feminine form, with Greek archaeology as inspiration. With a color palette of lots of creams, golds and metallics it’s a collection that easy on the eye and draws fashion connoisseurs in with its contrasting color scheme and cuts. Chiuri aimed to highlight the modern woman’s femininity and she managed to tie in history to the feminine form in this collection.

Christian Dior’s Italian fashion designer Maria Grazia Chiuri poses ahead of the 2022 Dior Croisiere … [+] (Cruise) fashion show, at the Panathenaic Stadium, in Athens, on June 17, 2021. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)


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Speaking to Women’s Wear Daily, Chiuri notes, “the idea to show inside the stadium was my obsession, because I think it speaks about the relationship that the clothes have with the body — a body that is a performing body.”

Broadcasted live in the Athens public space, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, and in the towns of Soufli and Kalamata, towns that inspire the Parisian House with its rich fabrics and fashion materials. The titled theme means an error in printing or writing, and to draw out femininity through ancient Greece Chiuri, created Grecian ready-to-wear looks. Incorporating asymmetric cutting techniques, pleats, and ancient Greek pottery illustrations printed on dresses, her playing with Greek mythology is palpable.

Turning to Joseph Campbell’s “Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine,” Chiuri found herself going back to her history class school days. “It was beautiful to have the opportunity to rethink and to see these references that probably, when I studied them at school, I didn’t read and learn about with the same interest and consciousness that I have today,” she continues in her WWD interview. “That’s touching me a lot.”

A model presents a creation for Dior during the 2022 Dior Croisiere (Cruise) fashion show, at the … [+] Panathenaic Stadium, in Athens, on June 17, 2021. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)


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As it was night time in a stadium with the only light radiating off of the empty seats and the models on the runway- and the singer with an orchestra, looks that stood out were a cream sheer chiffon piece with headpiece and gold high-waisted belt. Sporty pieces, evening pieces, and work pieces all comprise of the collection, but what’s most clear is the number of looks of comfort that Chiuri has created. She has made her couture design skills modern with comfort pieces that will speak to women from Africa, Europe, the Middle East the Americas and Asia. Many of the looks had a mix of 70s with pleated skirting dresses in metallic silver, along with chiffon designed dresses, and halter neck inspirations.

This isn’t the first time Dior has worked in Greece. For the Paris Match Magazine in 1951, the House did their “Longue” haute couture photoshoot at the Acropolis in Athens, shot by Jean Pierre Pedrazzini.

For the finale walk, models walked down the runway to a firework show. The House of Dior isn’t simply stopping with the runways show. This week is filled with an ode to promoting the work of local artists, technicians, musicians and craftsmen and women. The House has partnered with Greek creatives, specifically in weaving and embroidery, and, pottery and jewelry for various projects.

Watch the collection-

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