Sharjah24 – Reuters: Christian Dior gave Little Red Riding Hood an edgy makeover for its latest collection on Monday, as it filled the runway with hooded capes and recreated a moonlit scene under the glinting chandeliers of the Versailles palace's Hall of Mirrors.
With restrictions on travel and gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LVMH-owned Dior skipped its traditional catwalk show for an online version filmed in the chateau outside Paris and called "Disturbing Beauty".
In Dior's dark fairy tale, which featured black leather dresses with puff sleeves, princess-style tulle gowns and velvet coats among the winter styles, gone are the damsels in distress waiting to be rescued.
Dior's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri – who has sought to stamp an overt feminist stance on her designs – said she had wanted to rethink the reading of tales as coming-of-age stories wherein women wait for a prince to be realized.
"My idea was more to give different outfits where the women can choose and build their character in some way. I think that we are not to forgot (sic) that fashion helped women to build their personality, to also represent themselves in different way," Chiuri said.
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