Every Look From Dior's Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2024 Show
Featuring Isabella Ducrot's artistry on the walls, Maria Grazia Chiuri embraces the 'Big Aura', where each Couture piece adapts uniquely to its wearer.
Step into a realm of artistic brilliance as Isabella Ducrot's installations grace the walls, unveiling Dior's Spring/Summer 2024 Haute Couture collection. Picture twenty-three towering dresses, each five meters high, intricately arranged on a canvas of irregular black bands reminiscent of warp and weft — a homage to the Ottoman sultans' regal attire encountered by Ducrot in Istanbul. These monumental pieces abstract the dress, symbolizing a transcendent power that goes beyond mere physicality.
For Maria Grazia Chiuri, the 'Big Aura' signifies the essence that permeates every piece of Haute Couture—a realm of contemplative rapture where reproducing the original is an ever-changing process, adapting uniquely to the bodies of those who possess it. The aura, as interpreted by Chiuri and Ducrot, echoes the uniqueness and authenticity inherent in the art. This essence becomes a part of collective memory, immortalizing the significance of each creation.
Delving into the exploration of this concept, the artistic director revisits the Dior myth, focusing on the La Cigale dress from the Haute Couture Fall/Winter 1952 collection. With its sculptural construction and moiré fabric, this masterpiece exudes a sense of the sacred. Witness an iridescence of gold, white, gray, burgundy, and green, as elements from Dior's archives converge to reconstruct contemporary silhouettes enveloped in the same aura. Cotton and silk, in trench coat hues, create a seamless connection with the body and the environment, appearing as if molded in air. Black velvet dresses flow with fluidity, enhancing the wearer's allure, while a sumptuous feather cape gracefully rests on a double embroidered organza dress. The embroidery, like fragments of found poems, adds a touch of whimsy and imagination to the collection.
Through the material, chromatic, and constructive elements that shape the silhouettes, Maria Grazia Chiuri reminds us of the auratic dimension of Couture — an experience that transcends mere contemplation, becoming a powerful and performative journey.
Images courtesy of Dior
