The new Maria Grazia Chiuri photolibro celebrates Dior's feminist spirit

'For Her Dior, I made portraits to the natural size of [the Japanese painter] Setsuko Klossowska of rola with a digital scanner for three days.Setsuko is a friend and an inspiration;I often make portraits of people close to me.As the images are made fragment, the portraits require weeks to assemble.I do not use references, I prefer to work spontaneously.The topic defines the work I do.

There are some interesting historical objects in the Dior files that I have documented [over the years] as a pair of red velvet shoes belonging to the Duchess of Windsor. Hice un estudio del vestido Dior New Look 1947, que ahora se encuentra en la colección permanente del Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres.

I think we see with our eyes and it is the soul that provides the sensitivity to what we see.Man or woman, the look is an individual expression and, together, comprises 7,500 million looks.We are all together as human beings.'