This past week I attended the Dior Exhibition at Harrods…It
was AMAZING!!! As soon as I walked into the exhibit, it was so exciting a full
wall of mini windows filled with dollhouse size furniture and Dior perfume…
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| J'adore Dress |
The exhibit had everything to offer, couture dresses which
took 900 man-hours to make, the famous J’adore dress from the advert and a
phone box filled with the scent of Miss Dior.
I was only there for an hour so was running around like a
maddie trying to take everything in, including getting a wee picture taken on
the Dior Red Carpet! Which was set alongside the red carpet dress worn by
recent celebrities along with ones worn by histories greats such as Princess
Diana and the TINY dress worn by Audrey Hepburn.
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| Dress worn By Audrey Hepburn |
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| Me on the Red Carpet |
But the Highlight of the Exhibition for me was the
collection of the toiles from Dior. This was a little insight to the behind the
scenes into Dior’s Sewing rooms, the Toiles were all made from a muslin,
exquisitely made for a toile…showing where the atelier had made amendments,
adding fabric here and there, taking darts out, tacking where the pleats are
going to lie. And you don’t realise how much detail each garment has until you
see it all stripped back with no pattern, embellishment etc. Truly amazing!!
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| Toile Exhibit |
I came out of the exhibition feeling sincerely inspired…maybe
one day I can be as good as that.
Here are some inspirational Quotes from the man him self to keep you wandering...
"Elegance is an ensemble where the invisible is as important as the visible"
"May Every heart slumbers a dream and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess"
Ashley J
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