“I immediately understood that Dior is an unbelievable platform, and I wanted to share this incredible platform with other artists,” she told WWD’s Apparel & Retail CEO Summit…
was surrounded by great art from antiquity onward, but rarely did female artists get the spotlight, save for a memorable exhibition in Rome dedicated to Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.‘s artistic director of women’s haute couture, ready-to-wear and accessories collections, Chiuri collaborates with female artists as naturally as she breathes, leveraging her platform at one of France’s most emblematic fashion houses.
“I think it’s important to speak about these elements with other women. I really believe that it’s important to work with the community, and this is the part that interests me, too, to have conversations with people from different parts of the world,” she explained. “This dialogue helps to have an idea also about femininity or feminism that is more multifaceted, more pluralistic.
Chiuri also enjoys collaborating, calling on a variety of creative women to animate her shows via the decor or performances. These have included visual artists Mickalene Thomas, Joana Vasconcelos and Judy Chicago, and choreographer Sharon Eyal. Chiuri uses her shows as a platform to discuss female representation, with her spring 2024 ready-to-wear show displaying videos by Italian artist Elena Bellantoni that subverted advertising imagery to challenge the male gaze, via feminist slogans writ large around the runway venue.
Chiuri has also used Dior to exalt craftspeople from all over the world, elevating their work by showcasing it on her runway. For her pre-fall 2023 show in Mumbai, she exhibited the skills of the local Chanakya School of Craft.“This aspect is very important for me. And probably I’m so sensitive on this argument because I’m Italian,” she said. “It’s impossible for women artists there.
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