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ÉDITEUR INVITÉ

- KATE MOSS -

DIOR MAGAZINE

No.55

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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

LES CINQUANTE

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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C Dior

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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

e t a -K

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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

LESCINQUANTECINQPARISIENNE

“ 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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GIFT WITH PURCHASE DESIGNED BY KATE MOSS

LES CINQUANTE CINQ PARISIENNE

“ 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!”

- Kate 43

KATE MOSS PHTOTGRAPHED BY MERT & MARCUS