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IN BEIGE LINEN AND HORSEHAIR TOILE, SNEAKERS HAVE A TAILOREDFINISH QUALITY.WHITE CALFSKIN SHOWS OFF THE FINEST FINISHING TOUCHES.TONE-ON-TONE OR CONTRASTING EMBROIDERIES, BLACK ONPALE HORSEHAIR, EXPRESS THE F/W2012 COLLECTION SPIRIT
 
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FEBRUARY 12TH, 1947: CHRISTIAN DIOR PRESENTS HIS FIRST COLLECTION AT AVENUEMONTAIGNE. THE REVOLUTION IS UNDERWAY AND THE NEW LOOK IS BORN. WITH IT, THEHOUSE OF DIOR ENTERS THE WORLD OF LEGEND.UNKNOWN UNTIL THAT MOMENT, THE GENIUS DESIGNER WHO REVERED THE FRENCH WAYOF LIFE ENTERED A TRIUMPHANT DECADE, PROVIDING WOMEN WITH REGAL BEARINGAND A SUBLIME LOOK. SKIRTS WERE LONGER, SHOULDERS WERE SOFTENED ANDWAISTS WERE CINCHED. A DIOR FLOWER-WOMAN BLOSSOMED IN THE POST-WAR ERA,AND OUTRAGEOUSLY SPLENDID, WAS SOON TO CONQUER THE WORLD WITH INFINITEGRACE.NEW AND HIGHLY INNOVATIVE, THE EXHIBITION DEMONSTRATES HOW INSPIRATIONHAS NOURISHED THE HEART OF DIOR FOR DECADES. THIS AMAZING JOURNEY GUIDESTHE VISITOR THROUGH THE DIOR ARTISTIC CREATIVE SOURCES OF FASHION AND ITSLINKS TO HISTORY, NATURE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, DRAWING, PHOTOGRAPHY ANDFILM. IT REVEALS HOW AN IDEA, A FEELING, AN ERA, A GARDEN, A PERCEPTION OREVEN A SMELL CAN INSTIL AN IDEA IN THE HEART AND MIND, GIVING RISE TO A UNIQUECREATION.IN THIS MAJOR EXHIBITION, THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM SHOWCASES DIOR MAGIC ANDLUXURY WHILST EMPHASISING THE OUTSTANDING HOUSE’S LINKS WITH ART.THE KEY THEMES OF THE DIOR LEGEND - PAST AND PRESENT - ARE PRESENTED ON AGRAND SCALE IN ORIGINAL FASHION, SET AGAINST UNIQUE WORKS OF ART. IT IS AJOURNEY OF CORRESPONDING ELEMENTS AND MAGICAL SYNERGIES, WHERE THE NEWLOOK IS ECHOED IN WORKS BY PICASSO, MODIGLIANI, RENOIR, CEZANNE OR EVENGAUGUIN. NUDES BY VANESSA BEECROFT, MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND ORLAN EMPHASISETHE GLORIOUSLY MODERN LINES OF THE FEMALE BODY, ACCENTUATED BY CHRISTIAN DIOR.THIS WALTZ THROUGH TIME ENCHANTS THE VISITOR WITH LUSH GARDENS AND RECOLLECTIONSOF THE 18TH CENTURY AND THE BELLE ÉPOQUE. MARIE-ANTOINETTE MEETSJEFF KOONS, BONNARD’S LANDSCAPES CELEBRATE DIOR’S FLOWER-WOMEN ANDAND THE EGYPTIAN GODDESSES FROM SPRING SUMMER 2004 ESTABLISH A RADIANT,GOLDEN DESTINY.THE DIOR GRAND BALLS ARE ALSO CELEBRATED IN ALL THEIR GLORY IN ANENCHANTED SETTING WHERE INGRES’ ARISTOCRATS ADMIRE BREATHTAKING CRINOLINESAND HAUTE COUTURE GOWNS. THE VISITOR IS THEN TRANSPORTED AROUND THEWORLD WITH DIOR VIA GOYA’S SPAIN, MATISSE’S HEADY ORIENT AND OF COURSE,RUSSIA AND ASIA.THE WORLD OF DIOR BEAUTY ALSO PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW RENÉGRUAU’S STRIKINGLY MODERN ILLUSTRATIONS AND ALLOWS THE RUSSIANPLASTIC ARTIST, OLGA KISSELEVA TO CREATE AN INSTALLATION EXPLORING THE SENSUALAND SENSORY UNIVERSE OF DIOR PERFUMES.A MIRROR EFFECT OF DELIBERATE SIMILARITIES LAYS DOWN THE FRAMEWORK OF THISEXCEPTIONAL EXHIBITION, IN WHICH THE QUEST FOR IDEAL BEAUTY CREATES THE LINKBETWEEN CHRISTIAN DIOR, GENIUS COUTURIER, AND THE IMPRESSIVE AND UNEXPECTEDGALLERY OF GREAT MASTERS.AS MONSIEUR DIOR SAID: “FINALLY EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE -WHETHER I WANTED IT TO OR NOT - HAS EXPRESSED ITSELF IN MY DRESSES
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