Mariella Bettineschi: Last News

Dior’s affirmed feminist designer Maria Grazia Chiuri used the male gaze, as reflected in female oil portraits across the centuries, to make a fashion statement on female empowerment and subjugation.

is wearable. While there may be some transparency and a few show pieces on the catwalk (fewer than most other shows), in-store, the rails and shelves are filled with beautiful, updated versions of the Bar jacket Christian Dior designed in 1947, the full skirts he brought back that same year (Chiuri’s are far, far lighter, in line with modern expectations) and meticulously tailored denim pieces, to name three huge hits for the house, that she revisited this season.As well as collaborating with feminist artist Mariella Bettineschi, whose striking reinterpretations of great Renaissance portraits of women adorned the walls round the catwalk, Chiuri teamed up with D-Air Lab, a tech company, to make jackets that can regulate body temperature, heels and boots with lightweight mesh inserts to stop ankles from twisting.