THE THIRD EDITION OF DIOR LADY ART CELEBRATES FEMALE ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
Dior Lady Art returns, this time under the guidance of Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri. At Maria’s request this edition of the project saw only female artists chosen to reinterpret the Lady Dior Bag. Each of the eleven women were given the opportunity to create their own interpretation of the iconic bag which would represent their image and style.
First created in 1995 the Lady Dior Bag possesses the quintessence of the Dior spirit, its signature codes and savoir-faire. Its architectural lines are punctuated with charms in tribute to the good luck talismans Christian Dior was never without. The bag brings together beautiful materials to create a piece that is both timeless and daring at the same time.
The daring aspect comes from the ability to reinvent this bag and that’s just what the eleven chosen artists are doing with the Dior Lady Art project. Chosen for their unique style the ladies bring together different generations and different nationalities, with artists being chosen from as far afield as Colombia, Turkey. China the United States, France and Japan.
The artists were given the freedom to choose the fabric, colours, protective charms embroideries – every aspect of the bags in order to create something that reflected the imagination of each artist and fits in line with their aesthetic universe. Each artist chose a very different way to interpret the bag with a play on colours, materials, prints, textures – all keeping the bag’s aesthetic but giving it a unique twist.
Olga de Amaral © Greg Bleakney
Haruka Kojin © Go Itami
Pae White © Djeneba Aduayom
The Dior Lady Art pieces will be available from January 2019 – Exclusively in Dubai Mall for the whole region.
