Total Looks

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Hats

Stephen Jones

Since the 1990s British milliner Stephen Jones has collaborated with 5 creative directors at Dior, recently reworking the classic beret for Maria Grazia Chiuri’s 2018 couture collection. Jones began designing hats for himself and his friends in the late 1970s while attending Saint Martins School of Arts. He opened his 1st shop in 1980 in Covent Garden. His mix of classic style with whimsical design and innovative materials has ensured his continued success. His clients ranged from Princess Diana to singer Rihanna and Meghan Duchess of Sussex.

 

Costume jewelry

From the delicate chokers of his first collection in 1947, Dior saw costume jewelry as a key element of the total look. Dior costume jewelry was often created as a parure with necklace and matching earrings, brooch or bracelet. Working internationally with companies such as Mitchel Maer (London), Henckel& Grosse (Pforzheim), and Scemama& Gripoix (Paris). Dior presented dramatic pieces often using strongly colour of crystals. In 1956 Swarovski developed the Aurora Borealis stone with Dior inspiring him to produce both costume jewelry and haute couture featuring the iridescent crystal.

 

Make up

In 1967 Serge Lutens became the 1st creative and image director for makeup at Dior. He launched Dior’s first complete make up line and in 1972 brought make up into museums with the exhibition makeup art Dior at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. His successor, photographer and make-up artist Tyen, launched classics such as Dior electric blue eyeshadow in 1984. Current creative and image director for make-up, Peter Philips joined Dior in 2014. A graduate of Art Schools in Brussels and Antwerp, Philips has established a reputation for creating a look of natural beauty and his playful use of colour.

 

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Roger Vivier

Roger Vivier 1903 – 98 studied sculpture at the Ecoledes Beaux Arts in Paris before taking up shoemaking. In the 1930s he began working with the prestigious American shoe company Delman. From 1953, Vivier designed shoes for Dior, made by Delman for the French and American markets and Rayne in Britain. Viviers name soon appeared alongside Dior’s own in marketing the footwear. He work with the house until 1963 when he established his own company in Paris.

 

Fashion illustration

Rene Gruau

By 18 Italian born Rene Gruau1909 – 2004 had published illustration in English, German and Italian fashion magazines. In Parisin the early 1930s he met Dior then also working as a fashion illustrator. They shared an interest in architecture and 18th century Europe, and in 1947 when Dior was launching his perfume Miss Dior he choose Gruau to illustrate the advertisements. It was the beginning of a long and productive relationship. Gruau continued to illustrate Dior garments and perfume advertisements until the late 1970s.

 

Fashion illustration

Mats Gustafson

Mats Gustafson b.1951 studied Stage Design in Stockholm before turning to fashion illustration. In New York, his signature use of watercolours, paper cutouts, and pastels featured in illustrations for women’swear in Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. Gustafson began working with the House of Dior in 2012. His aesthetic complemented the clothing of creative director Raf Simons and he works with Dior to this day. He often looks to the Dior archive for inspiration, and has made illustrations of many Christian Dior’s original garment.