Lady Dior Explained

Lady Dior
Type:Handbag
Inventor:Gianfranco Ferré
Manufacturer:Christian Dior SE
Available:Yes

Lady Dior is a commercial name given to a handbag by the Christian Dior company in honor of Diana, Princess of Wales. It was designed by Gianfranco Ferré in 1994 under the name Chouchou, and was later renamed as Princesse before being renamed as Lady Dior. French actress Marion Cotillard was the ambassador of Lady Dior for nine years, from 2008 to 2017, even designing her own handbag for the brand in 2012.

History

In 1995,[1] Bernadette Chirac wished to give the Diana, Princess of Wales, a unique handbag on the occasion of her visit to Paris. When France's first lady contacted Dior in her search for such a bag, the House offered her a model designed by Gianfranco Ferré in 1994,[2] unofficially named Chouchou ("favorite" in French) at the time. It was officially renamed as Princesse in the short term.

The bag, black in color, was presented to the former Lady Diana at the inauguration of the Cézanne exhibition at the Grand Palais. It was often photographed[3] carried by Diana at public events: she had it with her in Birmingham during an official visit; again a few weeks later during a stay in Argentina;[4] then on several further occasions.[5] [6] Her accessories also signified true appreciation of luxury, beyond expected brands to be worn by a British princess, and her personal relationships with the world's most prestigious houses.[7] It was soon being described as "iconic",[8] and "legendary", and was launched in larger series, with its name changed to Lady Dior.[9] Two hundred thousand models were sold in two years[10] and Dior's leather goods turnover increased tenfold.[11] The bag in turn gave its name to a watch in 1999 and inspired a makeup product by Parfums Christian Dior.[12] [13]

Characteristics

Lady Dior is a handbag that adopts Dior's graphic codes and is generally decorated with a cannage (caning) motif inspired by two items of furniture found in Dior's private mansion on Avenue Montaigne since 19473: the Napoléon III chairs on which the couturier seated the guests at his runway shows, and the back of a neo-Louis XVI medallion armchair Louis XV.[14] The bag is composed of one hundred and forty four pieces in total and is rectangular and rigid, with the four gold- or silver-tone D-I-O-R letters and the Dior logo suspended from the handle as charms. It is available in different materials featuring various techniques (leather, velvet, microfiber, satin, denim, python, crocodile, tweed, jacquard, etc.), and in several sizes.

An iteration of the bag called Lady D-Lite was introduced by the fashion house in 2019, which features a reversible and removable shoulder strap.[15] It was notably carried by Diana's daughter-in-law, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at an event in 2021.[16]

Advertising

Chosen by designer John Galliano, French actress Marion Cotillard became the face of Lady Dior in 2008,[17] a role she played until 2017.[18]

In addition to multiple publications in the press photos by Peter Lindbergh, Craig McDean, Tim Walker and Jean-Baptiste Mondino,[19] Cotillard starred in several short film commercials, mainly intended to be released on the internet.[20] The first was The Lady Noire Affair, directed by Olivier Dahan,[21] followed by Lady Rouge by Jonas Åkerlund.[22] The latter followed a series of photos by Annie Leibovitz.[22] Next came Lady Blue Shanghai, a sixteen-minute film directed by David Lynch.[23] Two more films were directed by John Cameron Mitchell in 2011; Lady Grey London,[24] a seven-minute silent film co-starring Ian McKellen,[25] and L.A.dy Dior.[26] Cotillard recalled, "I suggested this director [Mitchell] to Dior. They didn't know him, but they haven't wanted to let him go since!"[27]

The CEO of Christian Dior Couture, Sidney Toledano, said of these short films that the "strategic objective is to make people dream by telling beautiful stories".[28]

In 2012, Cotillard starred in the web-series Lady Dior Web Documentary, and wrote and performed the song "Lily's Body" for one episode. She also designed her own handbag for Lady Dior, the "360° bag".[29]

In 2014, Cotillard wrote and co-directed alongside Eliott Bliss,[30] a music video for her song "Snapshot in LA", especially for Lady Dior's campaign "Enter The Game – Dior Cuise 2015".[31] [32]

Exhibition

Organized by Dior, a touring exhibition six years in the making and entitled Lady Dior As Seen By traveled to China, Japan,[33] Italy,[34] [35] and Brazil from 2012 onwards. It presented over a hundred works by photographers – the likes of Patrick Demarchelier, Bruce Weber and Ellen Von Unwerth[36] – visual artists, sculptors, designers and painters, all inspired by the Lady Dior bag. As all the collaboration with famous artists, Lady Dior has been seen as the bond of art and fashion.[37]

In popular culture

In 2022, the bag was featured in the season five of the Netflix series The Crown carried by actress Elizabeth Debicki, who portrayed Princess Diana.[38]

Celebrity ambassadors

See also

Notes and references

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clutch a piece of history . Luxury & Fashion . 16 January 2013 . The Hindu Business Line . 18 January 2013 . The story behind the Lady Dior bag is the closest we'll get to a real life fairytale – after all, it involves a princess! Apparently, in 1995, France's then First Lady Bernadette Chirac, gifted Lady Diana with the latest creation from the House of Dior..
  2. Web site: Clark . Rebekah . Did you know the Lady Dior bag once had a different name? . 13 June 2023 . Grazia.
  3. Web site: fr . Yan Bernard-Guilbaud . Diana, princesse et icône mode . Style . 30 August 2012 . . Le Figaro . 17 January 2013 . Un cadeau qui restera dans les mémoires de la mode : le premier Lady Dior, sac devenu iconique. . https://web.archive.org/web/20120905192602/http://madame.lefigaro.fr/style/diana-princesse-icone-mode-310812-275288?page=21#ancre . 5 September 2012 .
  4. Web site: Yanita. Kostova. Natalia. Grgona. Lady Dior, the legendary bag. Magazine. luxos.com. Luxos Italia. 17 January 2013. During her visit […] in Birmingham, Princess Diana was photographed sporting the bag by the worldwide press […]. A few weeks later in Argentina, during an official visit, she once again was snapped holding her favourite bag.. https://web.archive.org/web/20130415071724/http://www.luxos.com/magazine/lady-dior-the-legendary-bag. 15 April 2013.
  5. fr . Barbara. Schwarm . Méli mélo. L'Officiel Paris. L'Officiel. Éditions Jalou. Éditions Jalou. 802 . February 1996 . 70. 0030-0403. Un sac pour Lady Di ! La Princesse Grace ne sera pas la seule à en avoir un à son nom. Gianni Versace y a pensé et vient d'en dédicacer un à la Princesse de Galles, qui s'appellera 'le Lady Di', en forme de boîte carrée un peu comme celui qu'elle porte partout en ce moment, cadeau de Mme Chirac. Un modèle matelassé de Dior, à deux anses et pampilles-initiales. .
  6. http://www.puretrend.com/media/offert-par-bernadette-chirac-alors_m488669 Photo 1
  7. Web site: 2021-09-12. Princess Diana's Beloved Lady Dior Bag Was Originally Called The Chouchou. 2021-11-02. British Vogue. en-GB.
  8. Web site: fr . Bénédicte Épinay . Dior Arty . Série Limitée . 8 June 2012 . . Groupe Les Échos . 42 . 17 January 2013. Le Lady Dior, le sac iconique de la maison éponyme créé en 1995. […] Jamais sac n'aura été autant photographié au bras de sa royale propriétaire..
  9. Web site: fr . Jérôme Hanover. Le secret des grandes griffes: un sac de lady . Style . 4 March 2011 . madame.lefigaro.fr . Le Figaro . Le Figaro . 17 January 2013. Le Lady Dior est depuis dix ans un indétrônable best-seller de la maison de l'avenue Montaigne..
  10. Web site: Lionel Steinmann . Dior vend mieux en direct. . Économie . 9 October 1997 . lexpansion.lexpress.fr . L'Expansion . L'Expansion . 18 January 2013 . Le petit sac matelassé baptisé Lady Dior […] a dépassé les 200 000 exemplaires depuis son lancement. .
  11. fr. Barbara . Schwarm . Méli mélo. L'Officiel Paris. L'Officiel. Éditions Jalou. Éditions Jalou. 808 . 1996. 80. 0030-0403. Depuis le mois de novembre 1995, le chiffre de ventes de la maroquinerie de Christian Dior a été multiplié par dix, et cela uniquement à cause du modèle 'Lady Dior'..
  12. Web site: fr . Une édition limitée en hommage au sac Lady Dior . News . 13 June 2011 . beaute-addict.com . Prisma Media . Prisma Media . 17 January 2013 . Aujourd'hui, c'est une palette de fards pour les yeux proposée en édition limitée et numérotée qui s'inspire de cet accessoire emblématique. . 9 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121209054543/http://www.beaute-addict.com/actualites-beaute/une-edition-limitee-en-hommage-au-sac-lady-dior-2540.php .
  13. Web site: Lady make-up . Beauté . 8 January 2009 . fashion-dailynews.com . Éditions Larivière . Éditions Larivière . 18 January 2013. Dior lance cet adorable poudrier reproduisant à l'exact le mythique sac Lady. .
  14. Web site: fr. Pourquoi Dior est éternel. Francine Rivaud. 20 January 2012 . Challenges.
  15. Web site: Meghan Markle Carried the Memory of Princess Diana During Her Global Citizen Appearance with Prince Harry. People. Lanford. Beard. 27 September 2021. 28 September 2021.
  16. Web site: Meghan Markle pays tribute to Princess Diana with special outfit detail. Hello!. Georgia. Brown. 26 September 2021. 28 September 2021.
  17. Web site: fr. Naissance d'un mythe. https://web.archive.org/web/20141207074612/http://www.dior.com/magazine/fr_fr/News/naissance-d-un-mythe. 2014-12-07.
  18. Web site: 2017 Cannes Film Festival: Marion Cotillard on Supporting Young Designers . May 24, 2017 . WWD . January 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111034/https://wwd.com/eye/people/2017-cannes-film-festival-marion-cotillard-supporting-young-designers-10894159/ . 9 January 2019 . live.
  19. Web site: fr . Raphaëlle Orsini . Marion Cotillard incarne Lady Hampton pour Dior . Mode . 26 October 2012 . grazia.fr . Mondadori France . Mondadori France . 17 January 2013. Marion Cotillard incarne désormais Lady Hampton […] pour une campagne de pub shootée par le célèbre photographe Jean-Baptiste Mondino. .
  20. Web site: fr . Le cinéma au secours des marques ? . Mode . 2 November 2012 . . Libération (journal) . 18 January 2013. Ainsi, Dior a produit une série de courts-métrages, Lady Dior, et fait appel à David Lynch, Olivier Dahan ou plus récemment John Cameron Mitchell..
  21. Web site: fr . Marion Dupuis. La saga du Lady Dior se poursuit sur Internet . 4 March 2011 . . Le Figaro . Le Figaro . 17 January 2013. Le sac icône porté par Marion Cotillard est le héros d'une campagne cinématographique sur Internet. .
  22. Web site: fr . Jennifer Neyt . Marion Cotillard est "Lady Rouge" . Mode . 8 August 2009 . vogue.fr . Condé Nast . Condé Nast . 17 January 2013 . Après une première campagne réalisée par Peter Lindbergh […], Marion Cotillard réinterprète le rôle de Lady Dior pour une nouvelle publicité signée Annie Leibovitz. . 15 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141115031209/http://www.vogue.fr/mode/news-mode/articles/marion-cotillard-est-lady-rouge/4589 .
  23. Web site: SunHee Grinnell . Dior's Lady Blue Shanghai, Chapter 3 . 26 May 2010 . vanityfair.com . Condé Nast . Condé Nast Publications . 17 January 2013. Directed by David Lynch, the third installment of the Lady Dior online handbag saga is a highly stylized and mysterious short film..
  24. fr . Élodie Mandel . Marion Cotillard mystérieuse dans Lady Grey . Mode . 7 December 2010 . Plurielles . 17 January 2013 . L'actrice française s'envole pour Londres dans une campagne réalisée par John Cameron Mitchell et intitulée "Lady Grey London". . 27 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120627110842/http://www.plurielles.fr/mode/mode-stars/marion-cotillard-mysterieuse-dans-lady-grey-6178038-402.html .
  25. Web site: 8 December 2010 . Marion Cotillard in "Lady Grey London" – The Film . luxuo.com.
  26. Web site: Duberman . Amanda . 12 December 2011 . L.A.dy Dior is a Tease . Interview Magazine.
  27. fr. Carolle. Sabas. Mario Sorrenti (photographs). Belle étoile. Vogue Paris . 929 . August 2012 . 206. 0750-3628. L'aventure chez Dior, c'est aussi qu'ils ont fait mon éducation mode, ils m'ont éveillée à un monde que j'ignorais, à commencer par une vraie fascination pour Monsieur Christian Dior..
  28. Web site: fr . Cathy Leitus . Dior vide son sac . Marques . 14 May 2009 . strategies.fr . Stratégies . Stratégies . 18 January 2013 . Pour porter la communication du sac Lady Dior, John [Galliano] a pensé à Marion Cotillard. […] Derrière l'objectif de notoriété et de vente […], Dior compte renforcer la relation directe avec ses clientes . 1 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120101131222/http://www.strategies.fr/actualites/marques/116982W/dior-vide-son-sac.html . dead .
  29. News: Marion Cotillard to Design Bag for Christian Dior. designntrend.com. 27 December 2012. 30 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103819/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/2902/20121227/marion-cotillard-design-bag-christian-dior-french.htm. 2 April 2015.
  30. News: Marion Cotillard co-directs short film for Dior in France with Bliss Inc. The Location Guide. 5 January 2015. 9 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161110105839/http://www.thelocationguide.com/blog/2015/01/ng-commercial-marion-cotillard-co-directs-short-film-for-dior-in-france-with-bliss-inc/. 10 November 2016.
  31. News: Enter the Game – Marion Cotillard – "Snapshot in LA". YouTube. 19 November 2014. 30 March 2015.
  32. News: Behind The Scene "Enter the game". YouTube. 17 April 2015. 9 November 2016.
  33. Web site: fr . Frédéric Martin-Bernard . Le Lady Dior érigé en œuvres d'art . Style . 25 April 2012 . madame.lefigaro.fr . Le Figaro . Le Figaro . 17 January 2013. La maison française a dévoilé quelque quatre-vingts photos et sculptures réalisées par des artistes autour de son sac emblématique..
  34. Web site: J.J. Martin. 'Lady Dior As Seen By' exhibition at Triennale di Milano . Fashion . 11 October 2012 . wallpaper.com . Wallpaper* . Wallpaper* . 17 January 2013. For a project that was born two years ago in Shanghai and has subsequently stopped in Beijing and Tokyo. .
  35. Web site: it . Marta Casadei . Lady Dior alla Triennale . Shows . 10 November 2012 . vogue.it . Condé Nast . Condé Nast Publications . 17 January 2013. L'iconica borsa, amata da tutte le grandi donne del fashion system e non è stata reintepretata da artisti..
  36. Web site: fr . Eugénie Trochu . Le mini-site Lady Dior As Seen By . Expériences digitales . 9 January 2012 . vogue.fr . Condé Nast . Condé Nast Publications . 17 January 2013 . La maison Dior a imaginé un mini-site en hommage au mythique sac Lady Dior. . https://web.archive.org/web/20120113100125/http://www.vogue.fr/mode/en-vogue/diaporama/experiences-digitales-6/6847/image/460500 . 13 January 2012 .
  37. Web site: 2014-09-01. The Lady Dior As Seen By is a true marriage of art and fashion. 2020-11-19. The Fashionable Truth. en-US.
  38. Web site: Newbold . Alice . 11 November 2022 . Princess Diana's Beloved Lady Dior Bag Was Originally Called The Chouchou . British Vogue.
  39. Web site: Iconic bags – Lady Dior . Trendissimo . 20 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161020172722/http://trendissimo.pl/iconic-bags-lady-dior-2/ . 20 October 2016 . live.
  40. Web site: Advertising Campaigns > Dior . La Bellucci . 20 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161020115126/http://la-bellucci.ru/gallery/index.php?cat=80 . 20 October 2016 . live.
  41. Web site: Marion Cotillard's Next Role: Dior Bag Lady . . 28 October 2008 . 10 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170110235600/http://people.com/style/marion-cotillards-next-role-dior-bag-lady/ . 10 January 2017 . live.

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