Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri celebrates florals while voicing concern over industry’s impact
“Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.”
When Miranda Priestly, Meryl Streep’s Wintour-esque baddie, delivers this line in The Devil Wears Prada, it is an acid indictment of fashion’s milquetoast decorative tropes.
But for designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, opening Paris fashion week with her spring collection for Christian Dior, florals for spring can indeed stand for a fresh perspective on fashion in 2019.
With the fashion industry under fire for its contribution to environmental damage, a designer with a passion for both clothes and nature would now find themselves in a love triangle.
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