Parade in Seville at the flamenco pace for Dior Cruise 2023 - Lifestyle

Parade in the middle of the night in the majestic Piazza di Spagna, in Seville, for the Dior Cruise 2023 collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri.

The parade pays homage to the Spanish ferias, from the art of dance to the equestrian tradition.

The icon of the collection is La Capitana, nickname of the legendary flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya, who with her freedom in dancing has reinvented the rules.

The chosen location is the spectacular backdrop to the procession of garments that come together to form a fashion show that also pays homage to the history of the maison.

From the Bal à Séville spring-summer 1956 haute couture dress - designed by Christian Dior - to the Plaza de Espana - built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 to embrace the richness of the cultures that shaped Spain,

rethinking the dress codes that inspire fashion.

Among other references, the looks evoke the Duchess of Alba, a legendary character who rode in a photo with Jackie Kennedy in a short jacket, high-waisted trousers and a wide-brimmed hat.

Intense red dresses, black robes and mantillas parade.

Elsewhere, the abundance of embroidery that adorns the robes of the venerated Madonna della Macarena stands out on the role of a sacred ritual in a choreography that suspends her body in an iconic image.

The emblematic Manila shawl (Manton de Manila) tells the stories and travels of the communities who have worn it.

Three generations of women work in the production of Manila shawls in the María José Espinar atelier.

legendary character who rode in a photo with Jackie Kennedy in a short jacket, high-waisted pants and a wide-brimmed hat.

Intense red dresses, black robes and mantillas parade.

Elsewhere, the abundance of embroidery that adorns the robes of the venerated Madonna della Macarena stands out on the role of a sacred ritual in a choreography that suspends her body in an iconic image.

The emblematic Manila shawl (Manton de Manila) tells the stories and travels of the communities who have worn it.

Three generations of women work in the production of Manila shawls in the María José Espinar atelier.

legendary character who rode in a photo with Jackie Kennedy in a short jacket, high-waisted pants and a wide-brimmed hat.

Intense red dresses, black robes and mantillas parade.

Elsewhere, the abundance of embroidery that adorns the robes of the venerated Madonna della Macarena stands out on the role of a sacred ritual in a choreography that suspends her body in an iconic image.

The emblematic Manila shawl (Manton de Manila) tells the stories and travels of the communities who have worn it.

Three generations of women work in the production of Manila shawls in the María José Espinar atelier.

abundance of embroideries that adorn the robes of the venerated Madonna della Macarena on the role of a sacred ritual in a choreography that suspends the body in an iconic image.

The emblematic Manila shawl (Manton de Manila) tells the stories and travels of the communities who have worn it.

Three generations of women work in the production of Manila shawls in the María José Espinar atelier.

abundance of embroideries that adorn the robes of the venerated Madonna della Macarena on the role of a sacred ritual in a choreography that suspends the body in an iconic image.

The emblematic Manila shawl (Manton de Manila) tells the stories and travels of the communities who have worn it.

Three generations of women work in the production of Manila shawls in the María José Espinar atelier.

This garment sums up the spirit of the collection, with its travel story.

In fact, the embroidery technique came from China, with shawls imported to Seville in the seventeenth century via the Philippines (Manila).

It has become one of the most emblematic Spanish accessories, especially worn by the women painted by Goya and Velázquez.

From Seville it spread to Latin America.

The atelier has developed a series of typically embroidered shawls.

The story of these nomadic objects is told by several voices: note the men's pinstripe suits, the trousers worn with suspenders, the silk-lined waistcoats;

the white shirts;

the trousers of the Andalusian knights;

the short jackets adorned with brandebourg closures;

the profiled boleros that make the silhouette even more slender;

the sleeves that can flare like a cape.

The shimmering taffeta, in red, yellow, ocher, black, is sculpted into skirts that symbolize both Dior and Spain.

Designed volumes raise the contrasts;

lace appears in multiple forms;

the Bar jacket is reinvented in black velvet embroidered with gold threads.

Details.

The fan.

It is an object that is part of the Spanish culture.

It was brought to Spain by the first sailors from China, especially among Sevillian women.

The Abanicos Carbonell atelier has been producing exceptional pieces in Valencia for over two hundred years.

an object that is part of the Spanish culture.

It was brought to Spain by the first sailors from China, especially among Sevillian women.

The Abanicos Carbonell atelier has been producing exceptional pieces in Valencia for over two hundred years.

an object that is part of the Spanish culture.

It was brought to Spain by the first sailors from China, especially among Sevillian women.

The Abanicos Carbonell atelier has been producing exceptional pieces in Valencia for over two hundred years.

For Dior he created lace fans, a material linked to the Iberian savoir-faire, which unites northern Europe with Venice (Burano).

Jewels.

Chiuri chose to collaborate with Orfebrería Ramos, which uses traditional metalworking techniques to create and decorate religious ceremonial objects.

A complete line of jewelry has been developed on the Granville rose theme, in homage to Monsieur Dior.

To reinterpret the tradition of Cordoba leather, which combines carving and painting techniques, Chiuri has started a collaboration between the artist Pietro Ruffo and the craftsman Daniel López-Obrero Carmona.

The craftsman's work was used to decorate a series of bags from the collection.

Embroidery plays a primary role in all the maison's collections.

L'

atelier Jesus Rosado works only with gold and silver threads to embroider the fabrics used for the garments of the Madonnas in religious processions or for liturgical rites.

In the collection, the Bar jacket and the Lady Dior have been reinterpreted with 3D bas-relief embroidery.