For his second Dior Haute Couture show, Jonathan Anderson chose to pay tribute to the American artist Lynda Benglis at the Rodin Museum in Paris. The collection was characterized by floral and sculptural motifs.
A few months after his first fairy-tale-inspired haute couture collection, Jonathan Anderson continues to explore an extraordinary imaginary world. In keeping with his desire to ground his work in an artistic universe, the creative director decided to draw on the house’s founding codes to echo a contemporary artist who has blurred the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Jonathan Anderson conceives this collection as a true work of art, where the garment becomes a collector’s item set against a botanical backdrop evoking the poetic world of Dior.
Heritage as a tribute
More than ever, art fuels Dior’s creativity. For his second haute couture collection at Dior, Jonathan Anderson has skillfully reimagined the house’s signature codes to make them desirable in the eyes of the audience. By creating a dialogue between the house’s creative and cultural universe and the artist’s sculptural world, the creative director has brought eighty-year-old pieces back into the spotlight without resorting to mere nostalgic reinterpretation. Thus, Dior’s heritage is both preserved and reinterpreted according to contemporary aesthetic codes, for an audience always seeking immersive experiences where storytelling invites travel and a break from the everyday. This is not a literal reference to the artist, but rather a couture interpretation.
Largely inspired by the work of Lynda Benglis, this influence of sculptures with organic forms and flowing materials is evident in numerous pleated dresses featuring sculptural silhouettes and metallic effects. This impression of volumes that seem to be molded rather than sewn reflects Jonathan Anderson’s desire to explore the artist’s work in depth, as well as physical techniques such as pleating, knotting, and hand-draping.
Highlighting craftsmanship
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