From France to Tokyo, Dior celebrated

3 February, 2023Isaac Taylor

While Paris looks towards its future, Dior is looking back at its past, and celebrating where it has come from. To do this they’ve taken the show on the road, and arrived at the MOT Museum of Contemporary Art of Tokyo, until May 28, 2023. Japan may not be the first place that springs to mind for a Dior Exhibition, but Christian Dior had a great adoration for the country and its art. To illustrate this, the 75 year history of this couture fashion house have been laid bare, expressing the collaborations with the Daimaru and Kanebo houses. The exhibition was curated by Florence Müller with a scenographic narrative journey by architect Shohei Shigematsu from the OMA agency in New York to fully pull off this international collaboration.

Works sublimate some of the biggest names that have graced Dior’s garbs, from Grace Kelly to Natalie Portman via Marilyn Monroe, who also appears in three Andy Warhol screen prints belonging to the MOT.

Room to room transports you from place to place, from era to era. All of this makes one thing certain. As early as childhood, Christian Dior was drawn to this country as a fascinating place that he never ceased to pay tribute to through his creations, and with which he had a unique relationship. Inspiration isn’t found within the loneliness of your own thoughts. They’re found out there, in the world among other people and places you haven’t been yet. See as much as you can, meet as many people as you dare and use that energy to make something truly beautiful. Dior did.