Label confirms it will exhibit next cruise collection at the Oxfordshire country house – 58 years after its last show there
It is a symptom of the current state of flux in the fashion industry that Dior’s autumn/winter womenswear show – the traditional biannual showpiece of the house, staged in a lavish mirrored venue in the Louvre according to the long-established calendar of Paris fashion week – was upstaged by the announcement of another Dior show.
The house will exhibit its cruise collection in Blenheim Palace on 31 May, two days before Gucci stages an equally blockbusting show in London’s Westminster Abbey. The news puts the historic buildings of England centre stage in the cruise catwalk schedule, which is rapidly becoming the most glamorous and high-profile season of the fashion year.
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