11 March 2017
Christian Dior x Claude Lalanne
For her first 2017 summer fashion show for Christian Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri asked Claude Lalanne to make the jewelry. On the ethereal bodies clad in evening dresses of changing colors, the artist laid flowers, brambles and butterflies. In the same vein as those she has always made, they’re mini-sculptures that borrow from Art Nouveau and nature, both vegetal and animal.
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