Ceci est un travail réalisé dans le cadre du cours Cultural Context à l'INSEEC. Ce document est donc protégé par le droit de la propriété intellectuelle. Aucun plagiat ne sera toléré. Les photos appartiennent à Dior ou à Victoire de Castellane. Les bijoux présentés pour analyser l'inspiration de Victoire de Castellane font partie des collections Haute Joaillerie de Dior ou des collections propres à V.C.
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Victoire de Castellane and her inspirations
1. Victoire de Castellane
"Who said that real jewels have to be boring?” V.C.
"I love nature in jewellery and in life. Flowers die in
two days, but with jewellery they last forever” V.C.
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2. Victoire de Castellane
The terrible child of French jewelry
The most creative & fearless jewelry designer in the world
French aristocratic family
1st jewelry-making at 5 y.o.
Ultra feminine
1984 : Chanel
1998 : Dior Fine Jewelry Creator
Revolution of the world jewelry
design
“She follows the rules I like best in life : Don’t compare. Don’t compete. You look at
her. You get the message.” Karl Lagarfeld
4. Archi Dior
Aladin Dress
Junon Dress
Corolle Jour
Milieu du siècle
Unknown Model Ailée Diamond Bracelet
Corolle Soir Songe Dress
5. • Christian Dior’s emblematic
designs
• New Look : Women are
flowers
• Fashion : movement of a
skirt, volume of a dress, waist
of a suit, pleats of a blouse,
way fabric falls
• Architecture
“I started with books,” recalls de Castellane, “books filled with Mr. Dior’s drawings“
“I have worked so much with flowers and vegetal themes that I found it interesting to go much
deeper into the details and architectural constructions of fabric” V.C.
Archi Dior: inspirations
Bar en Corolle
7. Dear Dior
Influence :
• Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
• New Look : Women are flowers
• Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
• Architecture
Broderie grenat irrisé
Guipure framboise rebrodée
Broderie grenat irriséDentelle médaillon soleil
Tulle pointilles colorés Guipure framboise rebrodée
8. Influence :
• Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
• New Look : Women are flowers
• Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
• Architecture
• Tribute to Christian Dior : the back of each jewel is an
exact replica of the lace used in couture dresses created
by Monsieur Dior
• The name of each jewel is made up of 2 or 3 elements : a
detail from an haute couture dress mixed with the name
of the central stone or a harmony of colours
• Happiness & Joy Movie
A colourful love letter to the pastDentelle opale d’orient
Dear Dior: inspirations
9. Rose Dior Bagatelle
Influence :
• Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
• New Look : Women are flowers
• Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
• Architecture
10. Rose Dior Bagatelle: inspirations
Influence :
• Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
• New Look : Women are flowers
• Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
• Architecture
• Homage to the flower that Monsieur
Dior cultivated in his garden
• The rose was the favourite flower of C.
Dior
• Key motif in Dior’s fashions & an
essential note in his fragrances
• Christian's original garden and the rose
garden in the Parc de Bagatelle in
Paris with its endless array of rose
varieties
12. Précieuses
Influence :
• Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
• New Look : Women are flowers
• Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
• Architecture
Précieuses Trèfle Précieuses Trèfle
Précieuses Rose Précieuses Rose Précieuses Champêtre
13. Précieuses: inspirations
Influence :
• Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
• New Look : Women are flowers
• Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
• Architecture
The pinnacle of sophistication
• Christian Dior's beloved
nature and the dresses he
designed for the most
elegant women in the world
• Feminity
• The bound between haute
couture & high jewelry
• Symbolic themes: Précieuses
Champêtre, Précieuses Rose,
Précieuses Trèfle
15. Incroyables et Merveilleuses: inspirations
• Extravagant costume balls and
lavish celebrations organized by
C. Dior after 2WW
• Haute Couture
• Fairy tales
• Dandies from the 18th century
Audacieuse
16. Le Bal Des Roses
Bal Romantique
Bal Bleu Nuit Bal d’Autrefois
Bal de l’Opéra
17. Le Bal Des Roses
Bal de Mai Bal Vénitien
Bal Champêtre
18. Le Bal Des Roses: inspirations
• Favorite flower of C. Dior
• Women are flowers
• Bals
• Poetry
Bal de l’Opéra
28. Inspirations of Victoire de Castellane
Technicolor
Feminity
Fairy Tales
Walt Disney
Christian Dior
DrugsBeauty Manga Flowers
RoyaltyPop Art Paradox Nature Fashion
29. Inspirations
“I start with a story, a world,
never with the material. I find my
stories in everything I observe and
experience rebellion, love, sexuality,
pleasure, violence, protection,
psychoanalysis, and my taste for
fairy tales… “
Victoire de Castellane