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Dior has launched the newest iteration of its iconic timepiece, La D My Dior designed by Victoire de Castellane. This latest creation of the artistic director of Dior Joaillerie is a continuation of the coveted La D de Dior which was originally launched in 2003. Instantly recognizable and highly sought after, the La D de Dior is an exquisite amalgamation of femininity, combining materials, colors, and dimensions.
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For the current season, Dior has given this desirable model an elegant new version in the La D My Dior. Paying homage to the history of the house, the timepieces feature the signature cannage motif. The distinctive pattern first appeared at the Avenue Montaigne during the 1947 New Look fashion show where it adorned the Napoleon III chairs used by guests. Today, the cannage is a characteristic trait of the House of Dior inspiring multiple collections over the years.
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The strap is defined by Dior as a “ribbon that tells the time,” and features hand-engraved geometric lines that continue to the dial in a captivating interplay of shapes and ornamentation. No matter which design buyers opt for – one is set with brilliant diamonds while the other showcases delicate drawings reflecting the delicacy of a strip of silk – the case on these watches is a testimony to the skill of Dior’s master watchmakers.
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The watches are available in gold or silver plated steel and come in two different sizes – 19mm and 25mm.
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Living in a moment Maria Grazia Chiuri said she did not like, the creative director used her Dior Haute Couture show as an act of coming together. Anders Christian Madsen reports on the new collaboration with the Ukrainian artist Olesia Trofymenko and the tree of life motif at the heart of the collection.

Maria Grazia Chiuri called for awareness
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Backstage, before her haute couture show, Maria Grazia Chiuri was wearing the slogan T-shirt she designed for her first Christian Dior ready-to-wear collection in 2016: “We Should All Be Feminists.” It wasn’t part of her new collection, but six years after the designer initially set the tone for a conscious new Dior, she said it was time to reiterate her purpose. “We are living in a moment I don’t like. I am worried that it’s only going to get worse. This is the reality,” she said, referring to the new anti-abortion laws in America. “In Rome, I’ve been seeing posters on the street I don’t like. It’s like a flashback to the past. It’s impacting the lives of all the women who work here. I have this worry that something will happen and I won’t be conscious of it happening. So, I want to be aware.”

Chiuri worked with the Ukrainian artist Olesia Trofymenko
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Awareness has been the foundation of Chiuri’s residency at Dior, and when it comes to haute couture – a product made for the few and privileged – she justifies its existence by using her platform to promote people and messages that make a difference. This season, she gave her spotlight to the Ukrainian artist Olesia Trofymenko, whose embroidery-based work she had discovered in the Maxxi museum in Rome earlier this year. “Immediately, when I saw her work, I realized that her embroideries come from folk costume,” Chiuri said, tracing the brainwaves that pieced together a collection founded in folk dress, folkloric motifs and the embroidery that has historically been used to illustrate them – executed in collaboration with the Chanakya School of Craft in India, a long-time collaborator of Chiuri.

The collection was based on the tree of life
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In her enormous tent raised in the back garden of Musée Rodin and lined with milelong front rows, Chiuri once again covered the walls of her show in fully-embroidered tapestries, this time by Trofymenko. They heralded a collection centered around the tree of life motif favored by the artist. “She gave the reference of the tree of life, a symbol I like a lot. It represents the circle of life. I think that’s important in this moment in time because we constantly have to change the way we work and build bridges between different knowledge and savoir-faire,” said Chiuri, whose season had also included an encounter with Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, who has established a network of European artists and artisans “to build a better tomorrow”.

Chiuri interpreted folk costumes from around the world
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Trofymenko’s trees of life appeared in various painstaking embroideries throughout a collection defined by the meeting between folky patterns and the unmistakable silhouette of Dior. In her research, Chiuri looked at folk costumes from around the world and realized that the patterns used to signify a regional belonging often have a lot in common across borders and beliefs. Through the grammar of haute couture, she freely mixed her inspirations in a collection that felt like a wardrobe for the global community. Applied to the Bar-jacketed lines of Dior, her folkloric foundation inevitably infused proceedings with an earthy and rootsy spirit, which felt very organic. It was a kind of Earth Mother look, which linked to Chiuri’s post-pandemic approach. Now, she said, is a time for coming together and rebuilding the world we want to live in.
Chiuri reflected upon the state of the world

Chiuri closed her collection preview by reflecting upon the state of the world and the impact every disastrous event of our moment in time has on a global company like Dior. She talked about the terrifying rise of the pro-life movement in America, the war in Ukraine and the ongoing Covid limitations in China. “There are people in my studio, who haven’t seen their family for three years,” Chiuri said. At Dior, she continues to use her platform to create the consciousness she said is vital in a reactionary time. As ever, her message was one of coming together: as the third-biggest industry in the world, fashion has the power to make a difference and we need to figure out how.

Originally published in Vogue.co.uk
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With Eid Al-Fitr 2022 coming up after a reflective month of Ramadan, it calls for the continued spirit of giving. Welcome your loved ones with a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Forever Rose London or Flowers.ae, and a selection of delectable desserts from Brix. Nothing says Eid like an elegant outfit and what better way to complete that than with Dior’s blush-toned bag and Kurt Geiger’s matte pink heels, which come with a sparkling finish?
Diptyque embraces the Oud scent reminiscent of households on a refreshing Eid day, while Cartier keeps in mind those with a love for Arabic coffee with a collection of cups laced with gold and its signature motif, the panther. Semsem brings out its elegant pieces of clothing to satisfy your kaftan needs this Eid, especially with their olive green draped number, which can easily be paired with Miu Miu’s dazzling princess-like heels for an Eid night out with family.

Below, take a closer look at 11 Eid al-Fitr gifts that are ideal for your family and friends.
Capsule collection, Christian Dior
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Penthère de Cartier cups, Cartier
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Flower of Eternity necklace, Mouawad
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Capsule collection, Off-White
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Bouquet, Flowers.ae
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Capsule collection, Kurt Geiger
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Floral centerpiece, Forever Rose London
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Kaftan, Semsem
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Capsule collection, Miu Miu
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Oud candle, Diptyque
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Limited-edition three-tier gift box, Brix
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With Ramadan 2022 just around the corner, come the exclusive capsule collections from some of the biggest fashion houses as well as high-end brands. Having spent the Holy Month in the past two years with Covid-19 restrictions, this year, Ramadan will once again be celebrated with festive gatherings for iftar and suhoor that call for dressing up.

Below, discover the best capsule collections from luxury labels, high-end brands, and local designers with exclusive pieces worth investing in this Ramadan.
Christian Louboutin 
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An ode to Louboutin’s love for nature, gardening, and landscape design, the collection offers pieces for both men and women in lush green hues.
Dior
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Dior’s handbags and small leather goods are always a winning final touch to every fit. For Ramadan, the French luxury brand has introduced timeless dazzling pieces.
Salvatore Ferragamo 
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Salvatore Ferragamo has re-introduced its iconic Gancini bag for Ramadan 2022, but with a metallic twist in Flamingo Rose. Combining glamorous and sparkling pieces within their Ramadan collection, there is a piece for every occasion.
Louis Vuitton
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Louis Vuitton embraces emerald green as its color for the holy season as a symbol of class, hope, prosperity, and peace. Alongside introducing ready-to-wear pieces for the occasion for the first time, the brand has also reimagined its Capucines Mini bag in a matte black and python green.
Leem
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The Saudi label’s exclusive collection for Ramadan is inspired by the Lunar calendar of the month and its religious stages (mercy, forgiveness, and safety), to feature kaftans in a contemporary color palette and modern cuts.
Mango 
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Mango‘s Ramadan offering features vibrant and playful pieces that add a contemporary twist to modest clothing—from jumpsuits to tailored suits.
Anthropologie
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Anthropologie’s ready-to-wear collection includes a selection of colorful wrap dresses, comfortable jumpsuits, stylish blouses, and flowy trousers that are ideal for hotter days.
Tony Burch 
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The Tony Burch Ramadan capsule captures the festive essence of the month in metallic gold and royal blue handbags with gold rope chains.
Michael Kors
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The Michael Kors Ramadan collection is comprised of 11 timeless pieces from handbags to scarves, bracelets, and belts—all in a rich blue color.
Tommy Hilfiger 
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Tommy Hilfiger celebrates Ramadan with a pastel-hued collection of breezy dresses, kaftans, and jumpsuits with gold accents.
Burberry 
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Inspired by constellations, sunsets, sunrises, and starry nights of Ramadan, Burberry has launched a collection of glistening pieces just in time for Ramadan.
Bottega Veneta 
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Available on Ounass, Bottega Veneta’s limited-edition Ramadan offering features three of the fashion house’s iconic pieces reimagined in three distinct colors, including gold.
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French luxury label Dior has some exciting news to share in the region today. The much-loved brand has officially signed its very first ambassador from the Middle East, and the newest member of the Dior family is none other than Aseel Omran. The Saudi singer and actor, who is best known for her music, and her appearances in Gulf Stars and Heya wa Huwa, also shared the news with her 6 million followers on her official Instagram page with a first look. “I’m proud to share with you a partnership that is dear to my heart,” she wrote. “Today I’m officially the first @dior ambassador in the Middle East and I cannot begin to express my excitement level, Dior is a brand I was genuinely a big fan of growing up. I can’t wait to show you what the rest of the year holds.” Check out her post below.

With this move, Aseel Omran joins the likes of Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, Carla Bruni, Charlize Theron, Sharon Stone, and Monica Bellucci, all of whom have a special relationship with Dior.
In an official note, Dior also shared that “Aseel will be working closely with the brand across both womenswear and fine jewelry.” The exciting news comes just days after another favorite from the region—Lebanese-born, Dubai-based mother-of-three Karen Wazen—celebrated becoming the very first Middle Eastern to be signed on as an ambassador for Roberto Cavalli fragrances, appearing in the Italian fashion house’s latest campaign.

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser during an official state visit to India. Photo: AR Al-Baker
In a royal lineup of classic gowns and skirt suits, the Christian Dior Exhibition “Designer of Dreams” in Doha’s M7, will feature more than 200 haute couture gowns for the first time in the Middle East, including nine looks from the collection of Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, co-founder and chairperson of the Qatar Foundation. Requested by the House of Dior for the exhibition, Her Highness has loaned the pieces from her private collection, worn during various state visits and high-level events over the years. Curated by Olivier Gabet, director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the exhibition will run from November 6, 2021 to March 31, 2022 to portray the international essence of fashion.
Her Highness’s collection will neighbor other vintage couture gowns for royal figures like Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Diana, the Princess of Wales, inviting fashion enthusiasts to visit and educate themselves on the stories behind those pieces.
Raquel Zimmerman Inspired by Eric, Haute Couture Autumn-Winter 2007. Dress in hand-painted off-white triple organza. Christian Dior by John Galliano. Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Collection. Worn during La Scala opera house season opening in Milan, Italy in 2017. Photo: © Laziz Hamani
Not only will the collection represent emblematic points from Her Highness’s career, but the one-of-a-kind pieces will reflect her distinctive style identity too. The collection consists of a high neck fuchsia cross-over blazer paired with a long pleated navy blue skirt, an emerald green skirt suit with a matching shawl, a floral ivory gown, an ink-colored suit, a peacock mosaic gown, and a floral embroidered fur robe.
Located in the heart of Msheireb Downtown Doha, M7 is part of the Qatar Museum Authority and is led by HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Since its inception, the center has been shedding a fair share of support for designers in Doha, providing all means for them to thrive and succeed.
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In an unexpected yet exciting partnership, Dior and Technogym have joined forces on a line of limited edition home fitness products. The first of its kind collection includes a treadmill, a wellness ball, and a multifunction bench, all emblazoned with the unmistakable Christian Dior logo.
The partnership follows the unveiling of the Dior Vibe line, Maria Grazia Chiuri’s take on sportswear unveiled at the 2022 Cruise show, along with the special Dior Vibe sneaker. The Cruise show featured unique perspectives on athletic clothing items by infusing them with craftsmanship typical to the couture world.
The Dior and Technogym Limited Edition Series. Photo: Courtesy of Christian Dior
The treadmill named the Technogym My Run for Dior can connect to the user’s tablet and offers various on-demand running and walking workouts. Users can opt for any on-demand workout of their choice by placing the tablet on the MyRun console. The second product, known as the Technogym Ball for Dior is not only a seat but also promotes wellness by providing a complete exercise program for flexibility, toning and balance. Meanwhile, the Technogym Bench for Dior, complete with a unique design as well as an addition of dumbbells, elastics, and knuckles, offers over 200 exercises with help of the Technogym App.
Nerio Alessandri, founder of Technogym and Wellness Designer said, “This shared goal of excellence gives life to a limited series of innovative Technogym products interpreted with the Maison Dior’s unique allure. Created to inspire the concept of wellness with new generations, it also offers people the opportunity to live a unique and irresistible experience.”
The equipment has been produced in Italy at the Technogym Village and the collection will be exclusively available in Dior boutiques worldwide from January 2022.
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Honoring Dior‘s longstanding relationship with Greece, creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri presented the house’s Cruise 2022 collection in Athens tonight. The historic Panathenaic Stadium came alive as models in white suits, modernized peplos, athleisure pieces, and sneakers instead of heels took the runway. Some of the major highlights of the collection and the show are a result of Grazia Chiuri’s collaborative efforts with Greece’s local ateliers and craftsmen.
Read on for six things you must know about the contemporary-Grecian collection.

The collection harmonizes feminine Greek tradition and modern comfort
For Chiuri, research into materials, techniques, and production methods plays a major role. The designer rediscovered Greek civilization’s roots with a desire to recompose it with this collection, and began by rereading Greek mythology (the last time she had read it was in school). The goddess gown, or peplum, is an ethereal robe traditionally worn by women in ancient Greece, and it is a staple of the Italian designer’s collections. With its powerful visual allure, the garment embodies not just the feminine divine, but because its unconstructed, lazy lines deliver a sartorial materialization of freedom — its loosely draped and pleated folds convey that women must be free to live and to create as they choose. A notion of feminism has always been a point of convergence for her designs, starting with her debut SS17 collection, which included Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s powerful words “We should all be feminists.”
Athleisure reigned supreme in the collection
Besides clothing that complements mobility, studded wristbands, metallic sneakers, and a new bowling bag were some of the many hard-to-miss elements of athleisure in the collection. Chiuri’s passion for wanting to create designs for the women of today shown through the collection, signaling that the future of post-pandemic fashion is not far from sportswear.
The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens is highly symbolic for Dior
Also known as Kallimármaro, loosely translating to “excellent-made marble,” the 4th-century iconic monument in the Greek capital bridges sport and culture, emblematic of antiquity and contemporary youth. Aptly named, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of Pentelic marble, and is an essential, unifying feature of cultural life for all Athenians. Here, in ancient times, games in honor of the goddess Athena were held, and the attraction once accommodated up to 70,000 spectators. The stadium was buried for centuries, but was restored in the second half of the 19th century, preserved in its original beauty. The location is highly symbolic for Chiuri, not only through its connections to the body and freedom of movement she cherishes, but also through the motifs that inform the collection and its sportswear spirit.
Having received a green light from Greece’s top archaeological advisory body to have photoshoots in some of the country’s cherished ancient sites, such as the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Ancient Agora in Athens, the temple of Poseidon at Sounio and the temple of Zeus at Nemea, Dior presented the photographs from the shoot during the runway show. The collection was also modeled in Acropolis, paying homage to the maison’s 1951 photoshoot for the magazine Paris Match in the same location. Welcoming some 400 international guests to the stadium, Dior broadcasted the event live on social media, television and in public areas in Greece.
The show represented the work of local artisans 
Characteristic of previous Dior Cruise presentations in Marrakesh, Morocco, and the town of Lecce in Puglia, Italy, Chiuri’s Cruise 2022 collection explored some of Greece’s own talent. Discovering and promoting traditions that are tied to places and families in Greece, some work of local artisans appeared on the Cruise catwalk. For instance, Aris Tzernovakis, a tailor and embroiderer with an atelier near Argos in the Peloponnese region in southern Greece, embroidered a jacket and a Dior Book Tote, with his unique method of structuring and embellishing dresses and accessories. Dior also invited Silk Line, a factory based in the town of Soufli that is renowned for its centuries-old silk industry. It perpetuated the traditional Greek silk weaving technique using a jacquard loom to weave the House’s iconic motifs, such as stripes and Hellenized houndstooth. Chiuri also reinterpreted family-run manufacturer Atelier Tsalavoutas’s iconic fisherman cap, a historic accessory worn by fishermen on the island of Hydra since the mid-19th century, for the Dior cruise 2022 show. She crowned it with a braid made by NE.M.A., an atelier that transmits traditional passementerie techniques.
Chiuri was inspired by 20th-century Greek artists and gallerists
She was also inspired by Giorgio De Chirico, a pioneer of Surrealism who drew on poignant memories of Greece to paint metaphysical places in chiaroscuro, or the contrast of light and shadow. The Creative Director then explored the universe of Alexander Iolas, the cosmopolitan gallery owner who preserved his close ties to Greece and his home in Athens. There, he assembled an incredible collection of vases decorated with the intertwined bodies of wrestlers. Giant close-ups of those silhouettes stand out in sketches by Italian Dior artist Pietro Ruffo, or are camouflaged on a selection of sportswear pieces.
The show was elevated with the talent of local musicians and technicians
Having already collaborated with Dior for the 2018 Cruise show designed by Chiuri, Greek musician Ioanna Gika, based in Los Angeles, performed a reading in the heart of the splendid stadium, lending her rich voice to a poem reflecting her ancient roots and offering an intensely emotional moment. Chiuri also discovered Athenian filmmaker Marianna Economou through her 2019 film When Tomatoes Met Wagner, and chose her to direct the video unveiling the Dior Cruise 2022 collection. Dior also gave carte blanche to ten Greek women photographers to shoot the cruise collection.
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