Mark Shaw, Elizabeth Taylor in the Soirée à Rio dress, Spring-Summer 1961. Haute Couture collection, Slim Look. © Mark Shaw / mptvimages.com
Patrick Demarchelier, Natalia Vodianova poses with Dior’s craftspeople in front of 30 Avenue Montaigne in a dress from the Fall-Winter 2008 Haute Couture collection, Vogue US, october 2008. © Patrick Demarchelier / Conde Nast / Viva Model Management
Left: William Klein, "Dorothy + Little Bara with a cello, Paris 1960", Moderato Cantabile dress, Fall-Winter 1960 Haute Couture collection, Vogue US, September 15, 1960, models Dorothy McGowan and Little Bara. © William Klein. Right: Peter Lindbergh, Kusudi and Kitu dresses, Spring-Summer 1997. Haute Couture collection, models Kiara Kabukuru and Debra Shaw. © Peter Lindbergh
Maria Grazia Chiuri for Christian Dior, Rêve infini suit, Spring-Summer 2017. Haute Couture collection, Paris, Dior Héritage. Photo © Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris / Nicholas Alan Cope
Left: Raf Simons for Christian Dior, Haute Couture, Fall-Winter 2012.
Paris, Dior Héritage. Right: Maria Grazia Chiuri for Christian Dior, Essence d’herbier cocktail dress, Haute Couture, Spring-Summer 2017. Photos © Les Arts Décoratifs / Nicholas Alan Cope
Left: Gianfranco Ferré for Christian Dior, Palladio dress, Haute Couture, Spring-Summer 1992, Dior Héritage. Right: John Galliano for Christian Dior, Shéhérazade ensemble, Haute Couture, Spring-Summer 1998, Dior Héritage. Photos © Les Arts Décoratifs / Nicholas Alan Cope
Left: Yves Saint Laurent for Christian Dior, Bonne Conduite dress, Haute Couture, Spring-Summer 1958, Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent Foundation. Right: Marc Bohan for Christian Dior, Gamin suit, Haute Couture, Fall-Winter 1961, Charme 62 line, Paris, Dior Héritage. Photos © Les Arts Décoratifs / Nicholas Alan Cope
The two curators, Florence Müller and Olivier Gabet, convey their message with a chronological and themed exhibition design that inhabits and brings together the museum’s fashion areas and the nave for the first time, a space of almost 3,000 square metres.
until 7 January 2018
Christian Dior, couturier du rêve
Curators: Olivier Gabet, Florence Müller
Exhibition design: Nathalie Crinière
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris