Maria Grazia Chiuri leaves Dior: farewell is official

THEthe sea offashion industry It is always agitated. After the surprising announcements of the last few weeks, another epochal news arrives, although more awaited. Maria Grazia Chiuri leaves Dior.

The rumors and speculations, on the other hand, had been chasing each other for some time. To the farewell of Kim Jones At the helm of the maison male collection, the confirmation of the arrival of Jonathan Anderson in its place. The former creative director of Loeweaccustomed to drawing both the men’s and female line, it had therefore seemed the designated heir after the long mandate of the Roman stylist. Now that Maria Grazia Chiuri officially leaves Dior, they open up unprecedented possibilities for The fashion house.

The end of an era

Born in 1964, graduated from the IED of Rome, Maria Grazia Chiuri was The first creative director of Dior’s woman (as well as one of the few women at the top of a luxury maison). His career, which began by Fendi and continued by Valentinonext to the friend and a very narrow collaborator Pierpaolo Piccioliwas dotted with accessories entered the collective imagination. Chiuri, in fact, contributed to the birth of the Fendi bag Baguettein 1997, as well as the creation of the line Rockstud of Valentino, the bags and shoes decorated with small studs loved by fashionistas of all ages. Instead dates back to 2016 the appointment as Creative Director Of Christian Dior. Nine years later, an important chapter closes.

Maria Grazia Chiuri leaves Dior

In his nine years of creative direction, Maria Grazia Chiuri brought a message markedly feminist. From its first parade, characterized by the famous T-shirt with the sentence We Should All Be Feminists Of the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chiuri put the body and female body and awareness at the center of her reflection (also aesthetic). His vision of a free fashionunderstood as a partner and “friend” of the wearer, has never betrayed The Archive of Monsieur Dior. On the contrary, the past of the maison was continuously revisited and reworked, in particular on red carpetwhere to stay like Natalie Portman And Jennifer Lawrence Timeless elegance made each other.

Dior Secondo Chiuri, moreover, has made of the interiority and of the dialogue With different cultures and traditions one of its distinctive traits. THE défilé of the collections Cruise And Pre-forefrontFor example, they brought the Maison to Mexico, India, Morocco, Greece, Scotland and Japan. The last show, just staged in the heart of Rometherefore it represents a sort of return home for the same Chiuri. The Italian stylist, then, did not lose his unparalleled flair on the accessories front. The creative director has in fact relaunched the famous Saddle Bag within the autumn-winter 2018/19 collection. The bag, originally created by John Galliano In 1999, she returned to the Olympus of IT Bags.

A year of great changes

The news of the farewell of Maria Grazia Chiuri at the helm of Dior therefore adds a further piece to a fashion industry already in great turmoil. 2025, in fact, will be a year of restarts and expected debuts. Demn is preparing to relaunch GucciWhile Pierpaolo Piccioli it is called to imagine a Balenciaga free from the indelible imprint of the Georgian designer. Matthieu Blazyfor its part, is faced with a challenge that is anything but easy, at the top of Chanel. If Louise Trotter takes the reins of Bottega Veneta (one of the few creative directors in business), Jack McColough And Lazaro Hernandezformer Proenza Schouler, are going to do their own Loewe.

The large luxury groups, not surprisingly, see in the change of creative direction an effective tool with which to restore vitality and rekindle interest around Maison and fashion houses. A complex operation that will bear fruit in the long run.

Meanwhile, a chapter closes from Dior.

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