DIOR has opened a new pop-up in Paris at Le Bon Marché along with a superb exhibition ‘Gramaires des Formes’ at the Rodin Museum. This 150-square-metre boutique featured the very first creations by the house’s artistic director Jonathan Anderson, selected from his debut men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collections. It will stay open until February 22. One Duane Hanson-style life-size figurative statue holds a towering array of different sized boxes; all made in the emblematic grey of 30 Montaigne.

DIOR’Gramaires des Formes’ at the Rodin Museum (Paris)
Guests can admire classic works by Monsieur, such as the ecru bar jacket in shantung from his legendary debut New Look collection of 1947, or a perfectly shaped Cigale dinner dress in moiré ottoman from 1952. Close by, Anderson’s elegantly shaped black velvet bustier dress, posed on a hidden interior structure of horsehair and whalebone, looks like a natural successor to the founder’s oeuvre.

DIOR’Gramaires des Formes’ at the Rodin Museum (Paris)
While a funnel neck 1950 oblique line black wool coat by Monsieur- a work of superb sculpture in its own right- named New York, finds a happy accompaniment with a long black double-face cashmere Bar coat with soaring asymmetrical collar by Anderson. The Northern Irishman named that look ‘Rêve,’ meaning dream, which could sum up this unique and rare display and shine a light into the unique laboratory of fashion that is Paris haute couture.

DIOR new pop-up at Le bon Marche Paris
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