It’s the first collection presented without Giorgio Armani and the first designed under the sole direction of his niece and longtime collaborator.
Haute couture is usually designed with major moments in mind. For his first couture collection at Chanel, Matthieu Blazy started somewhere else.
The collection was built like a cabinet of collected items, where art objects, natural forms, and clothing sit side by side.
Instead of continuing the maison’s tradition of whimsy and tongue-in-cheek attitude, Nigo crafted a collection that is grounded in homecoming.
He is not easing into Dior. He’s moving fast, changing things quickly, and openly enjoying it.
The 27-year-old actor, rapper, and now fashion designer is kicking things off with a red-hot collection that some consider art, others as aggressively impractical.
