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Feistily gorgeous Dior show renews auld alliance with Scotland

Label’s first catwalk in the country for 70 years goes deep into Scottish influence with every look

Dior is a luxury juggernaut that its designer, Maria Grazia Chiuri, has described as being “like the national football team” of fashion; but the gardens of Drummond Castle in Perthshire are also no stranger to glamour, having appeared on screen in Rob Roy and Outlander. There were maps of Scotland traced on to dresses, Jacobean black velvets, wading gaiters, and a palette of yellows, purples and greens which Chiuri borrowed from the “cinematic” landscape seen while visiting tweed and cashmere suppliers, during the planning of this collection. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty ImagesIn reality, a lavish show for 550 guests including the actors Anya Taylor-Joy and Rosamund Pike, the Spice Girl Geri Horner and the tennis player Emma Raducanu is very much about the brand.

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