Dior showcases Italian folklore in catwalk show at dusk
LECCE, Italy, July 22 (Reuters) - Christian Dior hosted a live but audience-解放する／自由な fashion show on Wednesday in the Italian city of Lecce, in a dazzling 祝賀 of 地元の （手先の）技術s and traditions that 含むd a dance spectacle in the middle of the baroque main square.
高級な labels are 試験的に returning to the catwalk after the coronavirus pandemic, and Dior streamed the show live without the usual array of celebrities in the 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動.
But the French brand upped the 賭け金 by 行う／開催する／段階ing an extravanga with a live orchestra and ダンサーs 成し遂げるing a modern take on a 伝統的な tune, while models 負傷させる their way through a gallery of lights called Luminarie in Lecce's Piazza del Duomo.
Outfits in the いわゆる "巡航する" collection 含むd embroidered dresses with 花火 patterns, in a nod to Italian folklore, while artist Pietro Ruffo's wildflower 製図／抽選s were translated の上に colourful dresses.
Dior's Italian creative 長，指導者 Maria Grazia Chiuri said she had sought to showcase the craftmanship of the Puglia 地域 - her father's 母国 - and help it 耐える by casting it in a fresh light.
"I understood in this 過程 where my passion and my origins are from and why I am so attracted to this type of work, this embroidery, this tradition," Chiuri told Reuters in an interview. "I saw my grandmother, my aunts, women used to sit outside their homes and create this beautiful work."
LVMH-owned Dior called on the Costantine 創立／基礎, a 中心 伴う／関わるd in self-主張 of women, to 製造（する） cloth like macram? and lace in natural color, handcrafted with old ぼんやり現れるs in the Italian countryside.
One ivory dress, bejeweled with dozens of バタフライs and roses in bobbin lace, was handmade by one of the few woman still able to master the old lacemaking technique.
Other looks featured shearling jackets, tie-dye prints or a 黒人／ボイコット tulle dress sewn with ears of wheat in raffia. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Laetitia Volga in Paris and Al essandro Garofalo in Lecce, Edited by Sarah White and Alistair Bell)
