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AROUND THE WORLD You don’t need a far-flung vacation to visit the most iconic locales around the globe: Dior, Fendi, and Louis Vuitton take you there.
DIOR’S BRITISH INVASION Over the past few years, Resort collections have increasingly become an opportunity for luxury houses to take less hyped mid-season shows and turn them into immersive, sensorial experiences. Take Dior’s atypical location choice: Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. It seemed a curious decision (Dior is très française, after all), but it turns out the house has a long history with the manor. Monsieur Dior presented his 1954 couture collection there and his protégé Yves Saint Laurent followed suit in November 1958. Once attendees arrived via the Dior Express (a train with coach cars from the 1920s, complete with male models dressed as porters), Dior’s interim creative leaders, the Swiss duo Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux, delivered well-researched and thoughtful pieces with twists on Dior classics. Fantastically tailored Bar jackets, usually cinched at the waist, boasted a longer silhouette and patterned scarves were tied to models wrists, fluttering as they walked. While many of the lighter dresses contrasted with the richness of the show space—Blenheim’s Georgian gilded library—a few tweed coats and afternoon teatime prints celebrated the overall Britishness of the experience. michael gleeson
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