Dior's Jonathan Anderson is the one person in fashion who won't discuss Taylor Swift's unrevealed wedding dress — even though he designed it.
"It was a big honour," he said. "But no, I can't tell you anything about it.
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It will all come out in due course."
Instead, Anderson focused on a different American artist: sculptor Lynda Benglis. Her sensual metal works inspired his latest haute couture collection.
A High-Concept Show at the Rodin Museum
The show took place in a wooden pavilion in the gardens of the Rodin museum. The soundtrack featured the flutter of paper fans along the front row.
Silhouettes seemed liquefied in the city heat. A skirt of silver-foiled petals shimmered like molten lava.
A tailored Bar jacket trailed chiffon threads at the hem like drips of ice-cream.
This is how haute couture operates: a high-rolling play for mass-culture eyeballs and a laboratory for artistic expression.
Evening bags were crafted from fragments of 18th-century Indian chintz fabric.
The collection included an IYKYK reference to Benglis' 1974 self-portrait 'Centrefold', in which she is naked and holding a giant dildo.
The image was blurred out to avoid offending potential clients.
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"I think she's a genius. She was well before her time – before anyone's time," Anderson said.
He is upholding predecessor Maria Grazia Chiuri's tradition of featuring female artists. His debut couture collection in January celebrated ceramicist Magdalene Odundo.
