ÉDITEUR INVITÉ
- KATE MOSS -
DIOR MAGAZINE
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ACCORDING
KATE MOSS BY SØLVE SUNDSBØ
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TO
KATE MOSS TALKS CREATION, COUTURE, AND HER NEW ROLE AS L’AMBASSADEUR DE ATELIER
KATE 6
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CINQPARISIENNE “A PROFOUND HONOUR, AND AN EXHILARATING NEW CHAPTER. I’M ECSTATIC”
KateMosshasbeeninvitedbyMaisonDiortojointhecreativeteam at Avenue Montaigne as artistic consultant. She will also represent theMaisoninthenewlycreatedcapacityof L’AmbassadeurdeAtelier. Kate’s extensive professional experience working at the elite level of highfashionhasenrichedbothKate’spalateandmind.TheMaison is ecstatic to announce this new chapter of our working relationship withKate,andhercontributiontothevisionofacontemporaryDior is certain to thrill the market. Kate Moss’ first collaboration with Maison Dior has been christened ‘Les Cinquante Cinq Parisienne’ to belaunchedinstoreswiththeforthcomingResort’22collection.
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KATE MOSS PHOTOGRAPHED WEARING HER FIRST CREATION FOR MAISON DIOR
KATE MOSS BY NIKOLAI VON BISMARCK
I hope you have as much fun wearing Le Cinquante-Cinq Parisienne as I did creating it!
- Love Kate
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Edito When Maria first sat down with me and
I wanted to saturate this issue with all
proposed our creative integration, I
the archival magic that traversed my
thought
mood-boards during the creation of
I
was
dreaming.
The
opportunity to delve deep into the
Les
Maison archives and formulate my
attempt to outline the lineage of my
own interpretation each season was
vision for this season. Throughout this
tantalising
experience
issue you’ll find my handwritten notes
working with the creative team and
scrawled across all the things which
the atelier thus far has been nothing
made me smile in the studio
short of a fantasy. To be named
I would define my approach to this
L’Ambassadeur de Atelier is both a
premiere
profound honour and an exhilarating
referential. To attempt to divert from
new chapter. I’m ecstatic to debut my
the prodigious legacy of the Maison,
first
Cinquante-Cinq
and the codes of the archive, would
Parisienne’ with this special issue of Dior
be shamefully irresponsible. I wanted to
magazine. It felt imperative that this
celebrate the essence of Dior, not
issue speak to the creative process of
redefine what that means.
project
-
and
my
‘Les
this project as a whole.
Cinquante-Cinq
project
Parisienne,
as
in
reverently
- Kate
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LILA MOSS PHTOTGRAPHED BY ALASDAIR MCLELLAN
“ My best friend. Love you Lilabelle”
- Mum
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LILA
WHEN MUSEDOM IS GENETIC
Lila Grace Moss is an English
Her ambassadorship with Dior
model. She is also the daughter of
Homme will now be extended
supermodel and businesswoman
to
Kate Moss and Creative Director of
pour Maison Dior’ - coinciding
Dazed Media co-founder Jefferson Hack.
Lila is represented by the
Kate Moss Agency (her mother’s talent agency) and has managed
with
‘Ambassadeur Kate’s
appointment
de
Youth
consultancy at
Avenue
Montaigne.
to establish an exquisite portfolio of
“I treasure my relationship with
work
Dior, so I’m thrilled about Mum’s
with
the
prestigious Maison’s.
worlds
most
new role” – Lila Moss
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THE MAN AND THE MYTHICAL LEGACY When
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Christian
Dior
opened
his
In only ten years, from 1947 to 1957,
couture house in October 1946, he was
Christian
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conventions
years
old
and
had
already
accumulated a wealth of experience.
femininity,
After
infused
a
sheltered
upbringing
in
Dior
revolutionized of
elegance
designing with
the and
collections
dreams
and
Granville, Normandy, he opened an
enchantment. The man who set out
art gallery in Paris, then trained as a
to be an architect offered women
dress designer at Lucien Lelong. These
his vision of beauty through elegant
experiences shaped his culture and
lines, his name eventually becoming
honed his tastes. In a post-war context
synonymous with French luxury all
of deprivation and rationing, Dior had
around the world. The legacy which
just one obsession: to allow women to
endures is ostensibly mythical
rediscover joy, elegance and beauty.
imperative to the history of dress.
and
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“I still can’t believe Monsieur Dior’s time as a couturier only spanned 10 years. Its astounding to consider the impact he made during this decade. His visionof couture remains deeply resonate with women today – we all still want The New Look”
CHIRSTIAN DIOR BY YOUSUF KARSH, 1954.
- Kate
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COUTURE SALON BY JACK TAYLOR
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I am 0bnsessed with this jungle look from couture Spring/Summer 1947, and have been for years! It’s the first thing I looked for in the archive”
- Kate
LOOK 55 CHIRSTIAN DIOR COUTURE PRIMTEMPTS/ÉTÉ 1947.
“ I was in
raptures when I found the original dress in the archive. Impossibly chic!” -Kate
ORIGINAL SKETCH BY YVES SAINT LAURENT FOR CHIRSTAIN DIOR COIUTURE,1955
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NINETEEN
Yves at Dior THE PRODIGAL SONOF HAUTECOUTURE In September 1954, Yves Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent was first entrusted with
left Oran for Paris at the age of 18, just
decorating the boutiques. He also
after receiving his baccalauréat. He
helped
spent a few months studying at the
couture dresses. Quickly earning Dior’s
École de la Chambre Syndicale de la
trust, he was given more and more
haute couture before joining Christian
responsibilities. “He taught me the
Dior’s studio, less than a year after his
essential,” Saint Laurent wrote in 1986.
arrival in the French capital. When
“Then came other influences that,
Dior
Laurent
because he had taught me the
became his successor and the world’s
essential, blended into this essential
youngest couturier at the age of 21.
and found it to be a wonderful and
Yves Saint Laurent would spend two
prolific terrain, the necessary seeds
years working alongside Christian Dior,
that would allow me to assert myself,
learning the secrets of haute couture
grow strong, blossom, and finally
from the master himself. Collections
exude my own universe.”
comprised of some two hundred
Saint Laurent’s first gown for the
designs would emerge from sketches,
Maison, famously photographed on
toiles, and fittings.
Dovima, inspired Kate greatly.
died
in
1957,
Saint
make
a
number
haute
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“ The eternal muse. Dovima was a goddess!“ - K a te
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DOVIMA BY STANLEY DONEN, 1955
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“ Dovima by Avedon, in Dior by Yves. Enough said!”
- Kate
DOVIMA WITH ELEPHANTS BY RICHARD AVEDON, 1955.
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When MARIA Met MOSS AMEETINGOF EXTRAORDINARY MINDS
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Maria Grazia Chiuri is the first woman to
Under Chiuri's direction, Dior brought
be appointed to lead the ateliers and
back its iconic saddle bag. She also
design teams of the famed house of
created slogan T-shirts quoting feminists
Christian Dior. She has over 25 years
such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
experience in the industry, including a
and late American art historian Linda
successful eight-year tenure as co-
Nochlin.
creative director of Valentino. In July
awarded
2016, almost nine months after Raf
France’s highest honour. Maria and
Simons
artistic
Kate united in Paris to reflect on what it
director of Dior, Chiuri was announced
means to be a Dior woman toady,
as his successor. The first female artistic
ahead of the launch of Kate’s first
director in the brand’s history showed
project with the Maison. The pair also
her debut collection for Dior at Paris
found time to capture each other on
Fashion Week in September 2016.
Polaroid film.
stepped
down
as
In
July the
2019, Légion
Chiuri
was
d’honneur,
POLAROID BY KATE MOSS
“ The I love about thing about Kate is that she lives life on her own terms. This is profoundly important to me” - Maria
“ Maria is very inspiring. A woman designing for women. There’s magic in that – and its so rare” - Kate POLAROID BY MARIA GRAZIA CHUIRI
LEFT TO RIGHT DRESS $6500 CHOKER $660 SHOES $1200 JACKET $5000 T-SHIRT $850 TULLE SKIRT $3000 BOOTS $1700 BAG $4000 CHOKER $660 PENDANT $750 EARINGS $450 BRACELET $820 AT DIOR BOUTIQUES
LEFT TO RIGHT WAITSCOAT $4,000 BUSTIER $1500 TULLE SKIRT $3,000 BOOTS $1,700 CHOKER $660 RING SET $1700
“ It’s so exciting to be creating with an entirely new fabric the level of Innovation is amazing”
-Kate
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NEW DENIM
New
LOOK INNOVATION FROM THEATILIER
Maison Dior and denim have become
Manifestly,
synonymous.
iconoclastic
continues to explore this paradigm by
manipulation of this once utilitarian
creating both fine evening wear, and
fabric by the creative directors who’ve
small leather goods with denim –
helmed The Maison has consistently
exclusively woven in French workshops
defined
John
owned by LVMH. As devised by Kate,
Galliano’s energetic interpretations of
the ‘Les Cinquante-Cinq Parisienne’
Pop-culture sensibilities for Dior Prêt-à-
mini dress will utilise the Maison’s
Porter in the year 2000,
to Hedi
exclusive new denim hybrid fabric
Slimane’s radical proposition of the
‘Denim Velouté’ – a denim woven with
skinny jean for Dior Homme, which
silk and velvet. Denim as couture.
revolutionised menswear and defined
This lustrous re-interpretation of Dior’s
the look of a generation.
signature French weave is a testament
French
The
the
in
zeitgeist.
origin,
From
denim
was
Maria
Grazia
Chiuri
first
to the persistent experimentation of the
weaved in late 17th century Nimes.
atelier and underscores the mastery of
Thusly to elevate a fabric with such
the Maison’s artisans.
historical and national significance to the level of haute couture fabrication
“A little sparkle never hurt anyone”
only makes sense for Maison Dior.
- Kate.
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”This was one of the
first sketches I worked on in the studio. A timeless proposition felt correct for the moment”
-Kate
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MENS DENIM SHIRT $2000 DENIM SHORT $1100 J’ADIOR TIGHTS $450 DENIM FLARE JEANS $2300
KATE MOSS PHTOTGRAPHED BY ALASDAIR MCLELLAN
AT DIOR BOUTIQUES
“ I virtually live in denim, so of course I jumped at the chance to work with Denim Velouté”
-Kate
MARIA GRAZIA CHUIRI PHTOTGRAPHED BY BRIGITTE LACOMBE
h t i w n u f g n i a v a m H ’ I ” . t e s n o y r l ” e ! e i jew p g a m l a to t
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LES CINQUANTE
CINQPARISIENNE “ These images epitomise my interpretation of the Dior woman.Claudia was the perfect model – my modern Dovima. She truly bought the Les Cinquante-Cinq Parisienne dress to life.She’s prudent,with a palate for pleasure. She’s unafraid to let the glitter on her lids trickle down her face as she dances. She’s refined,yet free.And she’s swathed in vintage jewels, because I couldn’t resist raiding the Dior Fine Joaillerie archive” -
- Kate DESIGNED AND STYLED BY KATE MOSS PHOTOGRAPHED BY JACK TAYLOR
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GIFT WITH PURCHASE DESIGNED BY KATE MOSS
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“ I’m a smoker, but I'm trying to cut back, so these rose petal infused herbal cigarettes are perfect. And the Quellazaire is just so fabulous. Totally completes the look!”
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“ And the perfect ashtray to match, of course” - Kate
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LAST WORD
“ Working with Maison Dior on our premiere project has been a joyous reverie. I can't wait for next season!”
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KATE MOSS PHTOTGRAPHED BY MERT & MARCUS