WHEN designing the Dior Cruise 2019 collection, creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri turned to the past. Finding inspiration in the Dior archives, Churi landed on a 19th-century archival collar.
Dior Cruise 2019 Savior Faire lace and embroidery. Photograph: Sophie Carre
Dior Cruise 2019 Savior Faire lace and embroidery. Photograph: Sophie Carre
Eager to reintroduce the aged effect of hand-embroidered lace, the seamstresses at Dior reworked the embroidery design, stitch by stitch in order to apply cotton flowers to it. The process of creating the embodied lace for a dress required a total of 15 days of work.
Dior Cruise 2019 Savior Faire lace and embroidery. Photograph: Sophie Carre
Dior Cruise 2019 Savior Faire lace and embroidery. Photograph: Sophie Carre
The embroidery machines needed to be programmed, in order to generate the exact replica of the motifs in the archival collar, this solely took three days. The process of the embroidery machines stitching out the framework of the flowers is a lengthy one. The bobbins need to be fed with the correct thread before the instrument can be left to work. When this is carried out the top layer of embroidered flowers are meticulously hand cut by the seamstresses. Cutting the embroidery manually reveals the cotton and guipure at the same time, adding the desired lace texture to the ruffle.
by Lea Lindaas
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