For the Dior Fall 2025 collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri explored the building, connecting regions that have shaped the dress habits of cultures around the world.
She worked with garments in two and three dimensions, including the kimono coat, which echoed the idea of the Diorpaletot and Diorcoat created by Monsieur Dior in his Fall/Winter 1957 collection, which both match the kimono and maintain its silhouette.
Then, in a constant interweaving of inspirations and references that define fashion, she created an evocative journey through Japan—a Dior model designed by Marc Bohan appeared in Tokyo in 1971—which was intended to dialogue with the fascinating characters of Japanese drama.
This imaginary map also includes the exhibition “Love Fashion: Finding Myself”, which saw the Creative Director of Dior Women’s Wear visit to Kyoto. This fascinating journey, interweaving two very different fashion cultures, conveys the unique gestures of the body and the complex emotions that are incorporated into it through the cut of the garments, exploring the fundamental themes of the body, identity and desire.
The resulting jackets and coats are wide, wrap-around and sometimes belted. The silk fabrics and Japanese garden motifs that complement the silhouettes make these garments treasures. Wide trousers and long skirts rise and fall with every step and movement.
This is a metamorphosis collection where black remains strong and deep; where the fascinating narrative of floral patterns becomes a print in itself; and where the mosaics of gold embroidery express the marvelous desire that always flows through fashion and its creators.