I t is two weeks before the VIP launch of Dior Joaillerie’s Diorama & Diorigami collection, and I am in Paris with two of the house’s biggest names as they prepare for the day. On one side is Victoire de Castellane, the creative director of Dior Joaillerie, who will be accessorising the models with more than 100 pieces of jewellery; on the fashion side is Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior’s creative director, who has designed 25 couture outfits to complement the jeweller’s sparkling pieces. When the models walk in wearing Chiuri’s couture, it is the first time that de Castellane has seen the clothes.
It is obvious that she is immediately inspired. “I love the spontaneity of today,” she says, as each outfit comes out. “I like to imagine that I’m receiving one of the dresses and that I’m trying to fit it with my jewellery.
”.
