Just before 7am on the morning of the Dior Cruise show, while most of my fellow guests are still sleeping after a lavish, late-night welcome dinner at the Royal Alcázar palace, I ease open the heavy, lacquered front door of our hotel and slip out on to a narrow, cobbled street.
Feminist slogans on T-shirts are all very well, but has the creative director of the venerable French house really rewritten the rules of women’s fashion?
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri has transformed Dior s couture output to emphasize creators outside France which has modernized Dior for women who wear her clothes
Maria Grazia Chiuri is one of the most successful designers of her generation, transforming every fashion house she touches. But behind the scenes, the artistic director of Dior has a secret weapon… her daughter, Rachele Regini