Dior to Host First-Ever Cruise Collection Show in Los Angeles

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Dior is having an L.A. moment. The French fashion house chose the City of Angels as the sole location of its exclusive Lady Art pop-up, and now, creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri has decided to host her first Cruise collection for the brand in Los Angeles next May.

The house considered showing its 2015 collection in L.A., but it was moved to Pierre Cardin’s Palais Bulles on the French Riviera. Its most recent Cruise presentation took place at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England; Elizabeth Olsen, Kierna Shipka and Kate Beckinsale were among the attendees.

The show is slated for May 11, though the time and location are still to be determined.

It will be interesting to see what aesthetic Chiuri will bring to the 2018 cruise collection, given that her previous ready-to-wear collection (she made her debut for the brand during September Paris Fashion Week earlier this year) primarily celebrated feminism.

Earlier this year, Chiuri opened up about her spring 2017 ready-to-wear collection stating, “I strive to be attentive and open to the world and to create fashion that resembles the women of today.”

“Fashion that corresponds to their changing needs, freed from the stereotypical categories of ‘masculine/feminine,’ ‘young/not so young,’ ‘reason/emotion,’ which nonetheless also happen to be complementary aspects.”