TOKYO — Dior has gone big in Japan. Back-to-back couture and men’s events drew local celebrities and fashion insiders to celebrate the brand’s largest store in the country, which opens Thursday.
Maria Grazia Chiuri, the house’s artistic director for women’s, showed her first couture collection for Christian Dior in the Japanese capital Wednesday. And while the collection had been revealed in Paris in January, there were also eight looks designed specifically for the occasion that had never been seen before.
“I think it’s very important to show couture in Japan, because couture is very close with craftsmanship, with our identity, because in any case Dior is a couture brand,” Chiuri said. “And I think here there is an audience that appreciates this value. Couture, I think, is very close with Japan. Because in any case Japan has a sense of the tradition, of heritage. And so I am sure that they appreciate that we show couture.”
Chiuri said she was inspired by house founder Christian Dior’s attraction to Japan, which she saw throughout the archives, including in a cherry blossom print dating to 1953 and a jacket designed to be worn over a kimono.
“I went in the archives, and I found many references
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