Paris Fashion Week: Roger Federer and Rosamund Pike in the house for Dior’s long-awaited ready-to-wear comeback, for spring/summer 2022

Sep 30 , 2021

Models present creations from the Spring-Summer 2022 Ready-to-Wear collection by Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior fashion house, during the Paris Fashion Week, on September 28. Photo: EPA-EFE

For the brand’s first RTW runway show since February 2020 designer Maria Grazia Chiuri paid homage to Marc Bohan’s 1961 classic collection beloved by Liz Taylor

Think bold colours, boxy 60s jackets and dresses that channelled a tennis skirt – the only let down was the try-hard silk boxer pyjamas

Dior made sure that its ready-to-wear comeback – with VIPs such as actress Rosamund Pike and tennis ace Roger Federer in attendance – got off to a glitzy start on the first full day of spring/summer 2022 collections. Tuesday’s show marked the famed house’s first ready-to-wear runway since February 2020 – an emotional return for some.

A model presents a creation from the Spring-Summer 2022 Ready-to-Wear collection by Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior fashion house, during the Paris Fashion Week, on September 28. Photo: EPA-EFE

Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri dived into the Dior archives to return with a playful collection that celebrated colour and graphic form.

All around the venue – in an annex inside Paris’ Tuileries Gardens – were coloured blocks and retro signs that were a clue to the collection’s 1960s aesthetic.

The show was a homage to former designer Marc Bohan, whose “Slim Look” collection from 1961 defined a generation. (Liz Taylor famously ordered 12 gowns immediately from that iconic show.)