Under the canopy of street lamps and surrounded by slick concrete, Jonathan Anderson brought Dior back to Hollywood to debut his first Cruise collection for the French maison. At the Los Angeles County Museum of Contemporary Art, the Northern Irish creative director saturated the sleek, cement venue with his interpretation of noir glamour; a Lynchian blue glow illuminating from a convertible lowrider, the thumping bass line of Bot’Ox’s “Crashed Cadillac”, elongated bar jackets with ripped hemlines and equally distressed jeans.
Despite the moody undertones of the new season showcase and vivid evocation of a gritty thriller—they don’t call it the Boulevard of broken dreams for nothing—it didn’t stop the show’s guests from turning out in true sun-kissed fashion. Though the panoply took on a surrealism seen in films like Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, those who lined the front row dressed more in line with the scintillating beaches of Malibu in balmy colour palettes and high-octane hues. The most notable aspect of this scheme, however, was the dreamy butter yellow seen on Sabrina Carpenter.
The pop star has developed quite a close working relationship with the brand, especially with Dior dressing her for her Coachella headlining performances, which also subverted cinematic tropes. (She is a theatre kid at heart, after all.) Dressed in a drop-waist, halterneck gown made of wispy chiffon, the look was made ultra notable given the silhouette itself opened the show.
