Look 66
Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2017
The cherry blossoms and branches delicately embroidered on this design’s Bar Jacket and skirt were a tribute from Maria Grazia Chiuri to Christian Dior’s love for the Land of the Rising Sun. The term Jardin japonais (Japanese Garden) referred to an afternoon dress of the same name from 1953, on which flowers and birds stood out.
After her first Haute Couture fashion show in Paris, Maria Grazia Chiuri decided to present it again in Japan. She completed it by adding ten models inspired by a print used by Christian Dior in 1953 for the Jardin japonais dress.
In 1953 Christian Dior chose a print from the fabric supplier Ascher, with a pale pink background on which cherry branches and blue-tinged swallows were drawn.
Dior decided to give the evocative name of Jardin japonais to the design he created from this fabric.
She recreated and reinterpreted the motif in many embroideries of feathers, raffia and organza, as well as on headdresses made from cherry branches and designed by Stephen Jones.
© Laziz Hamani ; Collection Dior Héritage, Paris
