It was both Jonathan Anderson’s first resort show for Dior, and the first time the Maison has ever shown men’s looks alongside women’s looks in a women’s cruise collection.
Unveiled in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the collection explores Dior’s longstanding relationship with Hollywood.
A jacket from Haute Couture Spring Summer 1949, worn by Marlene Dietrich in Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright, was one of the starting points for a collection celebrating Dior’s history of both costume design and dressing Hollywood icons.
“Christian Dior designed costumes for Le Lit à Colonnesin 1942 – before he founded the House,” says Anderson.
“He received an Oscar nominationin 1955 for his designs for Terminal Station. And in 1950, two films he’d worked on were released: Les Enfants Terribles by Jean-Pierre Melville and Stage Fright, which was one of the main starting points for this collection.”
The Californian poppy was another reference, while florals are a recurring refrain.
“And then vintage American cars – which inspired the new Saddle bags with car paint surfaces and motor key charms,” Anderson says.
Presented as a dream of LA’s creative personae, the collection includes bouclé wool jackets; embroidered lace evening dresses; sequinned suiting; archetypal, a set of American shirts created in collaboration with artist Ed Ruscha; a streamlined update of the Saddle; and shoes animated by flowers and sequins.
See the collection in full below:
