March 28, 2024

Dior to Show Its Cruise 2019 Collection in France’s Chantilly Stables

Dior announced on Friday that it would soon be joining both Gucci and Louis Vuitton in showing its Cruise 2019 collection in France next month.

While Guccis collection will be unveiled in the ancient city of Arles and Louis Vuitton on the French Riviera, Maria Grazia Chiuri and company are staying closer to home to take over the historic Chantilly Stables — just 30 miles from Paris — for the houses presentation on May 25.

The “Grandes Écuries,” famouslythe largest stables in Europe, are just one part of the Domaine de Chantilly, a Renaissance-stylechâteau built forthe seventh Prince de Condé, Louis-Henri de Bourbon. (Construction for the original estate began in1358, butwas destroyed during the French Revolution and laterrebuilt in the 1870s. ) The stables themselves, according toa release from the Dior, have long been emblematic ofFrench prestige and art de vivre, or the art of living. And with classic, posh equestrian style currently enjoying a resurgence of sorts within fashion (and with Chiuri herself already a proven fan of the aesthetic), could anequestriantheme be afoot?

Meanwhile, the town of Chantilly, now recognized for its wealth ofart and history, is also of particular importance to Dior itself: The house has paid homage to the citys prestige many times in its seven-decade history,beginning with Christian Diors second collection for Fall 1947, which, per the house, included a gown that was baptized at Chantilly.

Chantilly is a cool5,600 miles from Diors last destination show for Cruise 2018, held at the scenicUpper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve in Calabasas, Calif.

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