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Ateliers of Dreams
Like a virtuous swarm of bees, the House of Dior’s petites mains bring dresses into existence through their meticulous gestures.
“Creation is an ensemble of a thousand and one things, it’s a thousand and one skills gathered around the couturier.”
Christian Dior wrote that these artisans and seamstresses “seem to be able to decipher an unbreakable code,” magically interpreting his dozens of sketches, the “petites gravures” he sent to them each season, and turning them into unique architectural creations. In the secrecy of the Ateliers at 30 Avenue Montaigne, Dior’s bees, divided into the “flou” and “tailleur” workshops, could give shape to an entire collection in a matter of weeks.
Each gesture requires infinite care, illustrated by the vital presence of thimbles, highlighted here by the photographer Gérard Uféras.
White toiles, precious scale mock-ups of each sketch, give rise to the Haute Couture looks. Once the toile, presented on a live model, is approved, the fabric is selected from among the hundreds of rolls crowding the studio. As Monsieur Dior also wrote, “Couture is the marriage of design and material.” In about ten days, the main lines of the collections are established. Home to exceptional craftsmanship, the ateliers, which still function in the same way today at 30 Avenue Montaigne, exemplify this alchemy between the safeguarding of treasured techniques and perpetual innovation.
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La Parisienne
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Ateliers of Dreams
Like a virtuous swarm of bees, the House of Dior’s petites mains bring dresses into existence through their meticulous gestures.
“Creation is an ensemble of a thousand and one things, it’s a thousand and one skills gathered around the couturier.”
Christian Dior wrote that these artisans and seamstresses “seem to be able to decipher an unbreakable code,” magically interpreting his dozens of sketches, the “petites gravures” he sent to them each season, and turning them into unique architectural creations. In the secrecy of the Ateliers at 30 Avenue Montaigne, Dior’s bees, divided into the “flou” and “tailleur” workshops, could give shape to an entire collection in a matter of weeks.
Each gesture requires infinite care, illustrated by the vital presence of thimbles, highlighted here by the photographer Gérard Uféras.
White toiles, precious scale mock-ups of each sketch, give rise to the Haute Couture looks. Once the toile, presented on a live model, is approved, the fabric is selected from among the hundreds of rolls crowding the studio. As Monsieur Dior also wrote, “Couture is the marriage of design and material.” In about ten days, the main lines of the collections are established. Home to exceptional craftsmanship, the ateliers, which still function in the same way today at 30 Avenue Montaigne, exemplify this alchemy between the safeguarding of treasured techniques and perpetual innovation.