Luxury & Brands
Text by Avani Thakkar.
The stage had been set for Dior’s SS22 haute couture show at the Musée Rodin in Paris on the 24th of last month, but the space more closely resembled the setting of an art exhibit. Was it a fashion show? Was it an art gallery? There’s no correct answer – at least not according to Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. Either way, it looked like a definitive dialogue between the worlds of fine art and craft was in the offing.
The luxury maison put artisanal talent on the front foot (as it should) and, to that end, entrusted Mumbai’s Chanakya School of Craft to create its intricate set design. The result was a series of breathtaking embroidered tapestries draped across the walls, which reinterpreted the eclectic work of Indian artists Manu and Madhvi Parekh.
Established in 2017 by Karishma Swali and Monica Shah (who also co-founded the bridal label Jade; the parent…