"In program notes written like a movie script, Anderson entitled the collection Wiltshire Boulevard, after the famed thoroughfare where this show was staged. A co-ed cast of models marched underneath the recently opened $724 million David Geffen Galleries by Pritzker-Prize winning Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, a giant concrete and glass neo-brutalist design built as part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which lent a David Lynchian air to the show."
"Off-beat characters like hustlers or teenage extras from Grease wandered among classic convertibles, their ignition keys done up as Dior logos and chains - the latest example of Anderson's ability to create must-have baubles. With John Lee Hooker's moody blues on the soundtrack, the action kicked off."
"The collection referenced California, from local poppies on Dior floral prints or hollyhocks-fabric flower scarves to Venetian blind patterns - a classic film noir motif - seen in superb gray wool-flannel coats. Crime drama chic was apparent too in a recreation of a Dior Bar jacket worn by Marlene Dietrich in Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 movie Stage Fright, for which Monsieur created the costumes."
"In the days before the show, Dior seemed to take over, with billboards and social media featuring Irish model-actress Alison Oliver as a latter-day Grace Kelly driving on an empty Pacific highway, to hundreds of flag-shaped Dior ads hung from lampposts along several miles of Sunset Boulevard."
Jonathan Anderson unveiled his debut Dior cruise collection in Los Angeles, framing it as a tribute to the city’s influence on art, design, and film. The show, titled Wiltshire Boulevard, featured a co-ed cast moving through the David Geffen Galleries, a neo-brutalist concrete-and-glass space that added a David Lynch-like atmosphere. Models appeared as off-beat characters among classic convertibles, with Dior-logo ignition keys and chains. The soundtrack began with John Lee Hooker’s moody blues. The collection drew on California through floral prints, fabric flower scarves, and Venetian blind noir patterns in gray wool-flannel coats. It also referenced crime-drama style with a Dior Bar jacket inspired by Marlene Dietrich’s look in Hitchcock’s Stage Fright, while Dior promoted the event with projected film imagery and extensive billboard and social media campaigns.
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