Joelle Diderich

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Joelle Diderich

Generate Key TakeawaysPARIS – Demna’s final haute couture collection for Balenciaga and Glenn Martens’ debut for Maison Margiela will be among the highlights of a thinned-out Paris Couture Week, the provisional calendar released Monday by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode confirmed. As reported, Dior is sitting out the season following the arrival of Jonathan Anderson at the creative helm of womenswear.

1 month ago | wwd.com | Joelle Diderich

PARIS - Maria Grazia Chiuri is stepping down as artistic director of women's collections at Dior, where she oversaw a golden age of growth thanks to a mix of commercially successful product and feminist-driven storytelling. Her departure after nine years at the helm opens the door for the brand's next chapter under Jonathan Anderson, who was named as Dior's menswear designer in April and is widely expected to take over the women's division as well.

1 month ago | wwd.com | Joelle Diderich

EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 28 MAY AT 7 A.M. CET/1 A.M. EST - PLEASE ATTACH PHOTO GALLERY WHEN READY BEFORE SCHEDULINGThe streamlined designs of André Courrèges epitomized the Space Age aesthetic of the 1960s. But while his creations projected futuristic cool, his ambition was always more down to earth, according to Nicolas Di Felice, artistic director of the brand since 2020. "People who believed that André wanted to design clothes to be worn in another galaxy were wrong," he said.

1 month ago | wwd.com | Joelle Diderich

The streamlined designs of André Courrèges epitomized the Space Age aesthetic of the 1960s. But while his creations projected futuristic cool, his ambition was always more down to earth, according to Nicolas Di Felice, artistic director of the brand since 2020. "People who believed that André wanted to design clothes to be worn in another galaxy were wrong," he said.

1 month ago | wwd.com | Joelle Diderich

For Maria Grazia Chiuri, staging her Dior cruise show in Rome was a gamble: she hadn't presented a collection in her hometown in 10 years, ever since her Mirabilia Romae haute couture show as cocreative director of Valentino. "For me, doing a project in Rome was obviously one of my desires, but also one of my fears, because 'Mirabilia' was such a high point," she said in a preview ahead of the Dior event on Tuesday night.