Dior And I

English: Model Chanel Iman on the runway during the Christian Dior Haute Couture fashion show for A/W 2009/10 on July 6, 2009 in Paris, France. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This documentary by Frederic Tcheng is a behind-the-seams glimpse at the making of Rafe Simon's first haute couture collection for Christian Dior in 2012.
Simon has just eight weeks to create his first collection for Dior and we follow him and the Dior team through the creative and 'manufacturing' process.We see how the internal workings of the shop floor operate and how much it is integrated into the creative process. We see the people who make the garments take ownership of the technical aspects of the design in order to make them work.
Interspersed are extracts from Dior's biography which helps bring an historical aspect to the movie as well as reveal the cyclical nature of fashion.
Overall an engaging movie that avoids the glamour in favour of the reality that goes into the fashion collection of the world's premier fashion icon.
Well worth a viewing.

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