Spring-Summer 2025 Haute Couture Show

For the Dior spring-summer 2025 haute couture show, Maria Grazia Chiuri commissioned Indian artist Rithika Merchant to conceive a monumental, infinitely poetic installation*. Composed of nine paintings – transformed into large-scale textile panels by Karishma Swali, the Chanakya workshops and the Chanakya School of Craft – this captivating ensemble, sublimated by spellbinding colors, constitutes an immersive visual landscape, a tribute to the power of the imagination and to the wonderful plurality of femininity.

* Unveiled on the occasion of the Dior show in the garden of the Rodin Museum, this work will be open to the public for five days, from January 28 to February 2, 2025.

Divinely enchanting, majestic mohicans studded with flowers and raffia feathers lend each silhouette a magnetic, punk-like aura. These meticulously trimmed pieces spark the imagination and suggest heroines who are at once powerful, conquering and delicate. Echoing the idea of metamorphosis that inhabits the collection, the shoes embrace the ankle and run up and down the leg with straps or fishnet socks. A fascinating, transparent game of hide-and-seek, a couture tribute to the magic of detail.