Ensemble
2017 {ready to wear, spring 2017}
Medium
cotton, linen, silk, metallic thread, plastic beads
Measurements
(a) 64.0 cm (centre back) 19.5 cm (sleeve length) (T-shirt)
(b) 106.0 cm (centre back) 35.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 105.5 cm (centre back) 33.5 cm (waist, flat) (underskirt)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, 2017
© Christian Dior Couture
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
Maria Grazia Chiuri presented her first ready-to-wear Christian Dior collection for spring 2017 in the gardens at Musée Rodin. A synthesis of couture, sport and pop references, the collection sampled the vernacular of each of the previous Dior designers to create a narrative of empowered femininity. Here her assertive and feminine aesthetic materialises with a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan ‘We Should All be Feminists’, a direct reference to the title of a TED Talk given by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
France; Italy
Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, woven in black on white silk: Christian Dior / PARIS / MADE IN ITALY
(b) label, centre back waistline, woven in black on white silk: Christian Dior / PARIS / MADE IN FRANCE
(c) label, centre back waistline, woven in black on white silk: Christian Dior / PARIS / MADE IN FRANCE
Accession Number
2017.402.a-c
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest