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Rugged adventure defined Dior’s 2018 Cruise show, held at sunset in the desert of the Santa Monica Mountains amid Dior-branded hot-air balloons and safari-esque tents. “My collection echoes the collection presented by Christian Dior in 1951, drawing inspiration from the Lascaux Cave paintings. This idea is embodied in the oval, a form Mr. Dior was also inspired by and that I associate with the silhouette of the Venus of Willendorf—for me it is inseparable from this primitive, iconic idea of femininity. My thought process was nourished by the delicate but robust lines of that Palaeolithic statuette, which represents woman as fertile mother. The collection speaks of a femininity with immense creative potential.” MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI
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