On the second day of Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2025, Dior presented an athletic-inspired runway show. A star-studded audience gathered at the Rodin Museum, including Jisoo and Aya Nakamura (who dazzled at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in a Dior creation), as Maria Grazia Chiuri revealed her Spring/Summer 2025 collection for the French fashion house. The ready-to-wear designs combined couture details with a distinctly sporty aesthetic, which is not entirely foreign to Dior 's history.
Monsieur Dior often saw his mother dressed as an equestrian, an influence that led to the creation of the iconic Amazone silhouette from the Fall/Winter 1951-1952 collection—reinterpreted by Maria Grazia Chiuri in this latest collection. Sports: The path to women's emancipation and the essence of the House of Dior In 1947, Dior unveiled the first sportswear pieces in its collections, showcasing tailored suits made from technical fabrics, thoughtfully designed swimsuits, and ski outfits. Fashion no longer constrained women but liberated them.
In 1962, Marc Bohan launched Dior Sport - Designed by Christian Dior (in Elsatiss fabric), a line of sportswear silhouettes that coincided with the debut of the first Christian Dior boutiques, which played a key role in democratizing fashion by offering women a free and dynamic wardrobe designed with their liberation in mind. SSAGG Napoli was the star of the Dior Spring/Summer 2025 runway show This collection was a logical progression, given that the .