After the success of Paris and stopovers in London, Shanghai, Chengdu, New York and Doha, the traveling exhibition “Christian Dior: dream designer“landing in Japan, where it will be open to the public from December 21, 2022 to May 28, 2023 at the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. An unparalleled journey to discover the couturier’s connections to the culture and fashion of the Rising Sun. thanks to a new scenographic storytelling designed by Japanese architect Shohei Shigematsu, an OMA partner and curated by art and fashion historian Florence Müller. “We are honored to develop a new spatial narrative at the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art that draws on Dior’s historical relationship with Japan and the country’s current cultural context to show Dior’s creative continuity in a new light,” he said. on Vd Shigematsu, who in his work rethought and rethought the designer’s retrospective in light of the new setting.
The highlight of the exhibition will be Christian Dior’s love for gardens and the creative wealth of Japan, which influenced and shaped his models., as evidenced by some of the House’s archival documents, which will be exhibited along with some works from the permanent collection of the Japan Museum and photographs by Yuriko Takagi taken especially for the exhibition. “With the first agreements signed in 1953 between Dior and prestigious Japanese textile companies, this also marked the beginning of a fruitful cultural and artistic dialogue that continues today with Maria Grazia Chiuri and this exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.” he explained. Florence Müller, curator of the Dior exhibitions in Paris and New York.
The exhibition will also feature reimaginings of the Lady Dior bag and a section dedicated specifically to the world of Miss Dior and J’adore perfumes.. Considered one of the founders of haute couture, the French designer was in fact the first to systematically link the style of accessories with a clothing line, selling shoes, bags, scarves, perfumes and even nail polish along with the models. But it doesn’t end there, because Dior’s creations will be combined with those of his successors such as Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferre, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri.
The current creative director of the house has just explained Vd in 2017, on the occasion of launching a haute couture capsule collection to open a store in Tokyo, found evidence of Dior’s attraction to Japan throughout his archives, including a 1953 cherry blossom print and a jacket designed to be worn over a kimono. “I think he was very smart in understanding the point of view of Japanese women.. And that also explains why the Dior brand is so global, because Dior immediately understood the different types of women. New look in a new light, in the light of the rising sun.
Source: Elle