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How Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri found inspiration in some of the oldest and most renown prehistoric paintings in the caves of Lascaux and Chauvet, as well as the Cuevas de las Manos, for her Dior 2018 Resort Collection…
The Four Horses Panel • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • 2015 • Stephen Alvarez for National Geographic
Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri was inspired by Monsieur Christian Dior’s 1951 scarf inspired by the Paleolithic Lascaux cave paintings in Dordogne, France. The art, dated to C. 17,000 – C. 15,000 BCE, falls within the Upper Palaeolithic period and was created by the clearly skilled hands of humans living in the area at that time. She also appears to have gone further in her research by referencing The Cave of Hands... The Cuevas de las Manos cave series in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina is named after paintings of hands which date between 9000 and 13000 years ago. The drawings are made by ancestors of the Patagonia region in Argentina.
Model wearing a dress from the Dior 2018 Cruise Collection • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of Morgan O’Donovan
The Panel of the Horses • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • Image courtesy of Chauvet Cave : The Art of Earliest Times by Jean Clottes
Bhumika Arora modeling a dress from the Dior 2018 Cruise Collection • February 2018 • Harper’s Bazaar Kazakhstan • Lara Jade
Detail of The Panel of the Horses • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • Image courtesy of Chauvet Cave : The Art of Earliest Times by Jean Clottes
“Lascaux is famous for its Palaeolithic cave paintings, found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, because of their exceptional quality, size, sophistication and antiquity. Estimated to be up to 20,000 years old, the paintings consist primarily of large animals, once native to the region... Sections have been identified in the cave; the Great Hall of the Bulls, the Lateral Passage, the Shaft of the Dead Man, the Chamber of Engravings, the Painted Gallery, and the Chamber of Felines. The cave contains nearly 2,000 figures, which can be grouped into three main categories - animals, human figures and abstract signs. Most of the major images have been painted onto the walls using mineral pigments although some designs have also been incised into the stone.” • The Bradshaw Foundation • All runway images courtesy of Vogue
Runway Model for the Dior 2018 Cruise Show • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of The Fashion Guitar
Cave Paintings of Hands • Archaic Period • Cueva de las Manos • Santa Cruz, Argentina
Cave Paintings of Hands • Archaic Period • Cueva de las Manos • Santa Cruz, Argentina
Head and the Neck of the Second Aurochs, Hall of the Bulls • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Movement, Space, and Time by Norbert Aujoulat
Cave Painting of Lascaux • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • 1947 • Ralph Morse for LIFE Magazine
Runway Model for the Dior 2018 Cruise Show • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of Tyler Joe for Harper’s Bazaar
Left Wall of the Hall of the Bulls • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
Runway Models for the Dior 2018 Cruise Show • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of Tyler Joe for Elle
General View of the Main Hall or Hall of the Bulls • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
First Bull, Red Horse and Brown Horses, Main Hall, Left Wall • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
Portion of the Horse Panel • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • 2015 • Stephen Alvarez for National Geographic
Runway Model for the Dior 2018 Cruise Show • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of Getty via The Mirror
Christian Dior cave painting - inspired scarf given as a gift to Elizabeth Parke Firestone • Circa 1955 • Charin - Paris • Image courtesy of The Henry Ford Collections
Engraved Deer, Detail, Apse • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
Models wearing ensembles from the Dior 2018 Cruise Collection • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of L’Officiel
Frieze of Deer Heads, Right Part, Nave, Right Wall • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
General View of the Right Wall of the Nave • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
Head and Back of a Deer, Axial Gallery, Right Wall • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
Runway Model for the Dior 2018 Cruise Show • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of Tyler Joe for Harper’s Bazaar
Detail of the Left Wall of the Main Hall, Between the First and Second Bulls • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
Entrance of the Axial Gallery, Seen From the Main Hall • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
Model backstage at the Dior 2018 Cruise Show • Image courtesy of Emanuele D’Angelo for Dazed Digital
Deer, Main Hall, Right Wall • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
The Horse Panel • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • 2015 • Stephen Alvarez for National Geographic
A Big Rhinoceros, Left Wall at the Entrance of the End Chamber • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • Image courtesy of Chauvet Cave : The Art of Earliest Times by Jean Clottes
Model wearing a dress from the Dior 2018 Cruise Collection • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of Morgan O’Donovan
Rhinoceros • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • Image courtesy of Chauvet Cave : The Art of Earliest Times by Jean Clottes
Runway Models for the Dior 2018 Cruise Show • Las Virgenes Canyon • Image courtesy of Myles Pettengill for W Magazine
Detail of the Lions on the Right of the Lion Panel • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • Image courtesy of Dawn of Art : The Chaveau Cave : The Oldest Known Paintings in the World by Jean-Marie Chauvet
A Rinoceros drawn on a wall perpendicular to the Great Lion Panel • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • Image courtesy of Chauvet Cave : The Art of Earliest Times by Jean Clottes
Carol Paes modeling an ensemble from the Dior 2018 Cruise Collection • December 2017 • Elle Czech • René & Radka
The Lion Panel Showing the Big Hunting Lions in the End Chamber • Aurignacian Period • Chauvet Cave • Ardèche, France • Image courtesy of Chauvet Cave : The Art of Earliest Times by Jean Clottes
Bhumika Arora modeling a jacket from the Dior 2018 Cruise Collection • February 2018 • Harper’s Bazaar Kazakhstan • Lara Jade
Frieze of Little Horses, Detail of Right Central Part, Axial Gallery, Right Wall • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
Sketches of Animals • Image courtesy of L'Animal de Lascaux à Picasso by BIAS in partnership with the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Head of the Fifth Bull • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Movement, Space, and Time by Norbert Aujoulat
Deer, Main Hall, Left Wall • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
General View of the Left Wall of the Nave • Magdalenian Period • Lascaux Cave • Montignac, France • Image courtesy of Lascaux : Or The Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
