On May 20, in the light rain in Mexico City, DIOR 2024 early spring ready-to-wear series slowly kicked off.

This season DIOR creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri drew creative inspiration from the legendary Mexican female artist Frida Kahlo, and paid tribute to her iconic image in the design language, so that the artistic soul of this great woman came again in this big show.

The early spring show was held at the Museo Instituto de SAN Idfonso, the historical and cultural center of Mexico, where numerous archways appeared to divide time and space in light and shadow, and models walked through retro gardens and murals, telling the story of Frida Kahlo's life.

As the best secondary school in Mexico at the time, Frida Kahlo was one of the few women who had the opportunity to study there.

This is both the place where she once practiced and the place where her life changed.

It was in the theater of the college that Mexican painter Diego Rivera created the mural Creation, which started the Mexican mural movement.

Diego Rivera is both Frida's mentor and the love of her life, and under his influence, Frida embarked on the path of art.

It can be said that the Accademia SAN Idfonso is the source of inspiration for this DIOR early spring readymade collection. Maria Grazia Chiuri felt the guidance of Frida Kahlo through history between the magnificent frescoes and the natural scenery of this academy, and painted a new picture about the transformation and rebirth of women.

In the DIOR 2024 early spring ready-to-wear collection show, we can see that each model's eyebrows are painted long and thick, with a firm look full of strength and strong will, which is thanks to Frida Kahlo's personality and deeply rooted personal image, laying the foundation for the styling of this season.

Maria Grazia Chiuri, creative director of DIOR women's wear, paid deep tribute to the personal attitude of this great female artist in dressing. In the Mexican traditional Tehuana dress with strong Frida style, the traditional sleeveless blouse Huipil and long dress were developed.

Tehuana comes from the hometown of Frida's mother, Oaxaca State in the southeast of Mexico. As a dress worn by women during festivals, Tehuana reflects the power and power of local women, which naturally becomes the love of Frida, who loves to express her personal attitude through clothes and shapes.

Maria Grazia Chiuri reharmonized this traditional dress with the modern dress style, she retained the sense of power and matched it with a wider variety of modern women's pieces, not only long skirts, but they can also communicate a more powerful feminine attitude with trousers, with denim fabrics.

In addition, since the age of 19, Frida has been wearing men's three-piece suits as a way to break with the traditional female image and declare an independent spirit that is more than the stereotype.

In 1947, after ending her love affair with Diego Rivera, she resolutely cut off her long hair, put on a suit again, and left the classic "Self-Portrait after Cutting Hair", announcing her renewed sense of female independence.

Taking inspiration from Frida's gender-breaking avant-garde looks, Maria Grazia Chiuri presented this season's unisex suits that are both feminine and firm, celebrating the female artist's progressive and progressive growth years.

In addition, in DIOR's pre-spring 2024 ready-to-wear collection, we can also see many looks that directly pay tribute to Frida herself.

Whether it's a black embroidered gown, a vibrant pink gown, or a dress with a local embroidered waistcoat, Maria Grazia Chiuri pays tribute to Frida Kahlo and continues her sartorial spirit through modern design with this season's early spring collection.

"If I have wings to fly, what do I need feet for?" Frida wrote in her diary in 1953.

Beneath Frida Kahlo's exuberant demeanor lurks a lot of bitterness.

She suffered from polio at the age of 6, and had a car accident at the age of 18, which required lifelong crutches.

Therefore, the butterfly became the messenger of her free will, flying in her works of different periods.

In the three videos released by DIOR before the show, Maria Grazia Chiuri collaborated with the famous Italian art historian Filippo Cosmelli to visit the Museo Frida Kahlo, the Louvre in Paris, the Capitoline Museum and the Archaeological Museum of Naples, Inspired by Frida Kahlo's butterflies, we embark on a journey to find butterflies in numerous artworks.