Still from the film ' Dior and I '. Photo/Supplied
A while ago, I watched the documentary Dior and I. It is a brilliant look at the creative genius behind the French design house and a visual masterpiece.
The film explores the contrast between ordinary and extraordinary, showing the seamstresses and tailors who bring the designer's vision to life.
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talk of the mundane - their weaknesses for lollies and coffee and how they bus to work - but also their devotion to Dior and the skills, honed over decades, required for their work.
The movie culminates in the breathtaking showing of new artistic director Raf Simons' first haute couture collection.
The intricate gowns are modelled against walls of flowers after the brilliant Simons transforms a grand Paris building by lining every room, floor to ceiling, with roses, orchids, lilies and other flowers.
The job involves 50 people and, across the cinema, people inhaled sharply as the camera moved slowly through the dream-like spaces with the models.
