Ensemble
2017 {ready to wear, spring 2017}
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, 2017
© Christian Dior Couture
- Gallery location
- Not on display
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
(b) 106.0 cm (centre back) 35.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 105.5 cm (centre back) 33.5 cm (waist, flat) (underskirt)
(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
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, 2017
© Christian Dior Couture
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest