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Dior raises barre with Nureyev-inspired collection in Paris


Russian ballet dancer’s personal life and onstage persona explored in uber-luxe quiet-luxury palette

The show took place in an enormous purpose-built hangar in the grounds of the École Militaire complex, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, on Friday. A very of-the-moment, quiet-luxury palette of mushrooms, cappuccino-browns, greys and burgundy was given pizzazz thanks to pops of WKD-blue, primary yellow and Sprite-green, either via pulled-up socks worn with Mary Jane-style trainers – surely a cult item come warmer weather – or thanks to leather bags. Dior’s famed , a geometrical pattern of braiding that was inspired by a chair that belonged to Napoleon and has been used by the house since it was founded in 1947, turned up on handbags and bumbags.

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