«MY CHILDHOOD HOME SAT ON A CLIFF AND LAY EXPOSED TO THE MOST TURBULENT OF WEATHER,» WROTE CHRISTIAN DIOR IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. AS THOUGH IN HOMAGE TO THE WILDNESS OF A NATURE THAT NEVER CEASED TO INSPIRE THE COUTURIER, IT WAS AT GRANVILLE, IN A ROCKY LANDSCAPE BATTERED BY THE WINDS, THAT THE DIOR WOMEN STAKED OUT THEIR TERRITORY FOR THE AUTUMN-WINTER 2015- 2016 CAMPAIGN. THE ANIMAL-INSPIRED PRINTS COVERING THEIR CLOTHING AND THEIR DIORAMA BAGS, THEIR LONG THIGH BOOTS MOLDING LIKE A SECOND SKIN, AND THE SLASHED FABRIC OF THEIR SKIRTS, ALL DESIGNED BY RAF SIMONS, ARE CAPTURED BY WILLY VANDERPERRE’S LENS APPEARING TO MELT INTO THE HARSH SETTING, LIKE A NEW KIND OF CAMOUFLAGE, ONE THAT’S FEMININE AND VERY DIOR.
