Backstage at Dior’s Explicitly Political Fall 2020 Runway Show
For her fall 2020 runway show, Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri stayed on message. The designer has made feminist language a central part of her designs since she joined the Parisian house in 2016, sending models down runways in “We Should All Be Feminists” T-shirts tucked in to sequined skirts, and collaborating with the artist Judy Chicago on Dior’s most recent couture collection. Today, she focused on the #MeToo movement (particularly apropos, given Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing in New York yesterday). She called upon the art collective Claire Fontaine to construct a set that featured three brightly colored “Consent” signs suspended above a floor papered with pages from the French newspaper Le Monde and outfitted models in 1970s-style suits in muted shades of tartan and matte black, roomy coats and T-shirts printed with the phrase “I Say I.” Lined with thick kohl, models’ eyes projected a steely sense of authority, setting off funky fishbone earrings and peeking out from beneath puffy leather newsboy caps. Overall, the looks were playful and androgynous—even a series of dramatic bohemian gowns seemed more tough than princess-like, styled with hair scarves and flat leather slides. Here, the photographer Serichai Traipoom takes us behind the scenes.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
Backstage at the Dior fall 2020 show, during Paris Fashion Week, on February 25, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
