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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rosamund Pike Does Boho With an Edge at Dior's Cruise Show in Rome
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Rosamund Pike is a lover of dress codes and Dior white. The Gone Girl star was so dreamy in a collared crochet top and skirt set at the Dior Cruise 2026 show in Rome this Tuesday. Her semi-sheer crochet set featured detailed embroidery while the top showcased tiny white buttons down the front. Pike accessorized the look with a thick, silver metal chain waist belt, black floral lace boots that laced up, a white quilted leather bag, and a brownish-nude lip—all of which added a bit of an edge to the romantic core look. Friends of the brand, including Natalie Portman, Alexandra Daddario and Ashley Park—all dressed in intricately laced and knitted soft white and ivory looks from the Cruise collection—gathered inside the 18th-century complex for the show. 'For me, doing a project in Rome was obviously one of my desires, but also one of my fears,' creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri said in a preview ahead of the haunting yet blissfully bohemian show. 'Cinema has done a lot to promote the image of Rome. For me, it was important not only to show my personal Rome, but also Rome as it has appeared in the movies.' This is the first show Chiuri has presented in her hometown in 10 years since her time at Valentino. Chirui also implemented a dress code for the show with the women in white and the men in black, inspired by the 1930 'Bal Blanc' hosted by the Countess and Count Pecci-Blunt in Paris. The famous event was lensed by iconic photographer Man Ray. 'I love a dress code and I think it makes everybody feel special,' Pike told WWD at the show. There is a sense of belonging and togetherness, you are part of a production, I suppose. It's like being part of a theatrical company, you are required to play a part.' The Dior ambassador also loves an all-white look. Last spring, she attended the Brooklyn Artists Ball in a sugar-white jacket and dress set from Dior's 2024 Cruise collection. The Saltburn star posed for photos at the Brooklyn Museum in New York wearing the short wool jacket—which had a delicate rounded collar as well as abstract illustrations of butterflies embroidered in white string throughout. Meanwhile, the white silk taffeta dress was the essence of spring and featured earth-tone illustrations of colorful insects existing around a garden, such as caterpillars crawling on leaves and majestic butterflies flying about. You Might Also Like 4 Investment-Worthy Skincare Finds From Sephora The 17 Best Retinol Creams Worth Adding to Your Skin Care Routine
Elle
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
See Dior's Ghostly Tribute to the Roman Theater
An extravagant patroness, a hallowed theater, and a mysterious evening of 'living pictures': these are the spirits that Maria Grazia Chiuri sought to recapture in the Dior cruise 2026 collection and its accompanying short film, Les Fantômes du Cinéma. To understand these ghostly revivals, we must travel back to the living. The collection was heavily inspired by the life and luxuries of countess Anna Laetitia Pecci, more commonly known as Mimì Pecci-Blunt, who was a dedicated couture client and a lifelong patron of the arts until her death in 1971. Across her salon in Paris and mansion in Rome, Pecci-Blunt often played host to artists including Salvador Dalí, writer Alberto Moravia, composer Henri Sauguet, and more. In 1958, the countess purchased and guided the Teatro della Cometa in Rome for a single glorious season. While the theater changed hands through the years before falling into obscurity, Dior took it over in 2020, leaving its restoration in Chiuri's hands. Five years later, on the precipice of the venue's reopening, Chiuri took to the Villa Reale di Marlia to reignite Pecci-Blunt's vision through a multifaceted runway presentation. Both the collection and film directly reference one of the countess's glamorous evenings in Paris in 1930—the Bal Blanc, where guests dressed in white, as if transforming into alabaster sculptures, doubling as the venue's 'living pictures' entertainment (as demonstrated by the runway's all-white ensembles and glimmering Roman-inspired trompe l'oeil). The result is a scene of exceedingly fragile beauty. In ushering these fashionable ghosts into the present, a feeling of temporality remains. For Chiuri, this is by design. The creative director worked closely with the Italian costume house Tirelli to replicate exact pieces from the costumer's archive using period-accurate preserved lace, as seen on the powdered-faced actors flitting through the film. As Chiuri explained on Instagram, one snag on a manicured rose bush and the character's crinoline-laden gown could crumble. On the runway, the models were visions in white, black, and beige, gliding down the pebbled pathway in billowing sheer skirts, tuxedo jackets, and minimalist column dresses. The collection felt not only like a tribute to Pecci-Blunt's and Tirelli's legacies, but also a nostalgic culmination of nearly a decade's worth of Chiuri's delicate designs. An interesting through-line between womenswear and Dior Men also showed up. Many of the models sported lace masks, another direct reference to the dress code for Bal Blanc that undoubtedly added to the allure and warranted a warm standing ovation. However, it's impossible to not call back to the striking satin masks in Kim Jones's final collection for the brand during the fall 2025 runway season. Ultimately, Chiuri remains a passionate patron of the arts, dedicated to crafting a sartorial narrative down to the finest details of femininity. Much like Pecci-Blunt's Bal Blanc guests and Tirelli's creations on the silver screen, Chiuri is deft at bringing a character's vision to life.
