PARIS (Reuters) – Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri looks to Catherine de Medici’s reign and picks up the period hoops, corsets and platform shoes for the label’s spring collection. Incorporated into the modern line-up.

“I think she was the first person to understand the power of fashion,” Chiuri told Reuters in an interview, describing how 16th-century French queens introduced platform heels to increase their petite stature. explained.

Dressed in wide bell-shaped hoop skirts, lace shorts, and long black coats covered in floral embroidery, models wade through intricate cave structures carved out of layers of cardboard.

Built by the artist Eva Jospin, it was situated in the center of a temporary structure set in the Tuileries Gardens.

Crowds gathered outside under umbrellas to fish for a glimpse of celebrity arrivals, including K-Pop stars Jisoo, Natalie Portman, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

The LVMH-owned label celebrated the second day of its Paris Fashion Week ready-to-wear show, which runs until October 4th.

De’ Medici introduced embroidery to the French court, Chiuri points out, and he included raffia sculptural flowers and delicate lace lingerie in his collection, but kept things modern, with technical fabrics on crinoline skirts. used to expose the abdomen in many looks.

The idea, Chiuri said, was to create a “baroque party in a modern way.”

Reported by Mimosa Spencer.Editing by Jonathan Ortiz

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