An article takes you to know what Dior X Versailles is playing.

Come with me on Dior's dark fairy tale journey.

In the long night, thick clouds quickly floated over the castle.

The moon turned into a huge white wound,

The statue of the guardian goddess became a lonely shadow.

This is Versailles,

Dior 202 1 autumn and winter women's show has already started.

Dior autumn and winter women's blockbuster released on March 8, 20265438+0,

Taking pictures in the mirror hall of Versailles, France

Models filed out and performed different fairy tales in the mirror hall-

The Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland

A fierce girl incarnated as a rose;

Take off your long skirt and put on a blue Kashmir double-breasted coat.

The girl turned into a combative soldier.

When Little Red Riding Hood grew up,

Declare that she is no longer naive with a big red raincoat with a hood;

Thumbelina finally grew taller, a beautiful memory in bud.

Gather in a brilliant red flower on your chest.

Why did Dior show "black out" the familiar fairy tales this season?

Why put the most luxurious and glorious place in France-

Mirror hall, arranged as a performance full of thorns and dangers?

The story of Dior X-Mirror Hall will be revealed soon.

Dream, danger, feminism ......

What's Dior's key word today?

Galerie des Glaces, the center of the Palace of Versailles, where sunlight and candlelight complement each other, was the place where Louis XIV met foreign envoys 430 years ago, but it hardly existed.

During the period of Louis Dynasty, not only important dances were held here, but also weddings of foreign envoys and royalty were held in the mirror hall/Louis XIV hosted a luxurious banquet of the Governor of Genoa in the mirror hall/1685.

1678 after the completion of Versailles, Louis Levo, the chief architect of Louis XIV, wanted to build a terrace facing the big garden on the second floor, but this would separate the king suite from the queen suite, so the plan was once stranded.

If Lever's plan was followed at that time, I'm afraid this magnificent Versailles garden would not be so carefree in the palace.

His successor, Yule Al Alduan Mansard, is unconventional: replacing the outdoor terrace with an indoor corridor, and then reflecting the outdoor light with mirrors, marble siding and crystal chandeliers, you can connect the king's and queen's suites and overlook the distant scenery.

Such a huge project took six years to complete. The 73-meter-long mirror gallery has 357 glass mirrors on one side and 17 large floor-to-ceiling windows on the other side, facing the big garden. From then on, whether the sun rises during the day or the lights are brightly lit at night, this mirror gallery will always be brilliant.

In fact, only Venice in Europe was able to produce such a large piece of mirror glass at that time, but Louis XIV insisted that his craftsmen should also reach this level. After several years of research, the workshops in France have reached the standard perfectly, and the technology is better. So Sun King proudly announced that it is forbidden to import Venetian glass, only made in France!

Since then, the mirror hall has become the pride of France.

At that time, the cost of cleaning the glass in the whole Palace of Versailles reached 180000 livres; Louis XV's eldest son was born in, and 8000 candles were lit in the mirror hall during the celebration, but compared with King Louis of that year, they were also happy.

This is not the first time that such a splendid mirror hall has been used as Dior's show. As early as 20 1 1, Charlize Theron became a woman warrior of light in Dior J'adore perfume advertisement, and became famous in World War I, but the concept of the show in the latest season was even sharper after 10.

I don't know how many people started their first Dior perfume because of this advertisement of Theron.

If the key words of the mirror hall are "kingship, collectivity, sun and light", then Dior's big show takes all its antonyms: "woman, self, moon and darkness".

Although the theme of the zenith painting in the mirror hall is ancient Greek and Roman mythology, there is only one protagonist in the vault of the gods: Louis XIV. But when it became Dior's show, the only protagonist was a model who performed female beauty.

At that time, Louis XIV was not enough to decorate the ubiquitous "sun king", and a Latin proverb "Nec pluribus impar" (unparalleled) always reminded people of the greatness of the king. Dior models came here 430 years later, but they struggled to find the answers of collective vs self and blind obedience vs free will in the moonlight.

The "subversion" of Dior's show this season is also reflected in the fact that the most iconic mirror in the mirror hall is completely blocked and replaced by a screen full of thorns.

The thorn made of resin symbolizes violence, and the model wandering between "violence" and "elegance" is actually the epitome of most girls.

A model who walks leisurely among thorns is the same as most girls. There are many crises on their way, but they still look up gracefully.

"From a historical point of view, the mirror hall represents patriarchy. We don't want to deny history, but we can symbolically change our perspective. "

-Maria Garcí a Currie, Creative Director of Dior Women's Wear

In the process of cutting thorns, sharp thorns incarnate women's sensitivity, making them break out of their cocoons and grow into butterflies crazily. Therefore, the element of "thorn rose" can be found everywhere in models.

Danger and beauty have always existed, which is also the main theme of Dior's efforts in the past two years.

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In Dior 20 17 spring/summer collection, "snake" climbed the veil of dreams in the form of necklace and belt. It may be the one who lured Eve to steal the forbidden fruit, or it may be the one who is entrenched in the crown of Egypt's gorgeous queen.

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"Snake" has always been a symbol of eternal vitality and strength, but its prosperity hides hidden dangers, which makes people love and hate, and only the most powerful people can control it.

However, both the perception of "beauty" and the conquest of "violence" were written by the woman behind Dior-Maria Grazia Chiuri, the creative director of women's wear.

Maria hugs the model after shooting.

Maria, a cool woman who loves smoky makeup and big rings, is Dior's first female designer in 70 years. That is, since she took office on 20 16, she has been exploring the real female world.

Since the death of Christian Dior, the founder of 1957, Dior has experienced Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferrer, john galliano and raf simons.

20 17 autumn and winter show, wearing a long blue dress, like a broken galaxy in the middle of the night, let the world remember the sweetness and romance of Maria.

Women's light is bright and can be as broad and inclusive as the universe.

Last year, in the autumn and winter high-definition short film "Dior Myth", Maria created the most mysterious and beautiful dreams for women all over the world in the mountains and Shui Ze.

The models are incarnated as ancient Greek goddesses, such as the conch god, the queen of the sea and the mermaid, and they are all more energetic because they have changed into Dior Gaudin women's clothes.

At this year's Golden Globe Awards Ceremony, Anya Taylor-Joy, the heroine who played the Queen of Chess and Emma, conquered the audience with a dark green evening dress. This long skirt was cut by Maria herself.

"In a way, I feel like a curator of Dior."

Maria Garcia Currie

But this year, Maria's doubts about the female world became more and more acute, so that she asked "Who am I" through a soothsayer's mouth in the high-definition series short film "Tarot Cards in the Castle" released in May 438+10.

The model incarnates the characters in the 22 main cards of Grand Acana, exploring, hitting the wall, accepting the temptation, meeting the noble people, and finally discovering and accepting her true self.

Therefore, for the autumn and winter women's high-definition blockbuster released on Women's Day on March 8, Maria gave the answer: You are yourself. Even in such a grand performance as the mirror hall of Versailles Palace, even if there are many thorns on both sides of the strait, we should walk out of the most calm and noble posture.

Where will the next fairy tale trip stop?

Is it the Royal Palace or the Shan Ye Pastoral?

Shh-please shut up, the clock is about to strike midnight,

The dense fog at night has risen.

But don't be afraid, the ending of the fairy tale,

Not necessarily full of thorns.

Are you ready?

Author | Kate