Dior, Scotland and Chiuri’s Cruise 2025 collection. What more could you want? For Maria Grazia Chiuri, the presentation of the cruise collection is an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Christian Dior around the world. Visual journeys that increasingly invoke new experiences. In 1955, Monsieur Dior presented his work in Perthshire, Scotland, in the ballroom of the Gleneagles Hotel. For the creative director of Diorthis country has become the narrative framework of the Dior Cruise 2025 collection unveiled in the gardens of Drummond Castle, where memories, inspirations and suggestions merge to generate shapes and embroidery. In this collection, the unicorn and thistle, both symbols of Scotland, offer an unprecedented variation on the Millefleurs motif and are transposed into heraldic embroidery, recalling the savoir-faire of this exceptional technique. This is an emblem of Mary Stuart, which can be found in the work Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power, by Clare Hunter, as remembered by Dior. Of Anya Taylor-Joy to Jennifer Lawrence or Victoria Federicano one wanted to miss this magical night between castles.
The same one that has adorned some of the garments of this cruise line, tracing a map of collaborations and cultural encounters designed especially for this show, including a tribute to the tartan: “Probably, it is the only elegant fabric that resists fashions,” wrote Christian Dior in ‘The little dictionary of fashion’. After paying tribute to Mexico and Frida Kahlo as an “emblematic figure of independent spirit” last year, Dior invited us to travel again with its Cruise 2025 collectionpresented in Scotland, this June 3.
A map of Scotland adorns some of the models of this cruise line, drawing a cartography of collaborations and cultural encounters deployed especially for this parade, such as the tribute to the tartan. The looks They fuse seemingly opposite elements, such as velvet and lace, creating silhouettes between past and present. The chain mail, echo of the warrior spirit, stands out in a good number of looks. Maria Grazia Chiuri He chose to combine, in turn, transparencies with faux fur, playing with contrasts. Some silhouettes feature exaggeratedly wide sleeves, dresses with gathered skirts and bodices resplendent with embroidery, a tribute to a bygone era.
