OBU Documentary Club: Dior and I

When:
October 22, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
2015-10-22T19:00:00+01:00
2015-10-22T21:30:00+01:00
Where:
John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building.
Oxford
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 0BP
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Oxford Brookes Documentary Club

Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is dedicated to bringing you interesting and inspiring documentaries that give voice to a wide variety of topics.The Oxford Brookes Documentary Club is run by a volunteer committee of students, staff and the general public. The OBU Documentary Club is supported by the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment.

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A film by Frédéric Tcheng (Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel and Valentino: The Last Emperor). Frédéric Tcheng’s solo directorial debut brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house

Filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng follows up his work on excellent fashion films, including Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel and Valentino: The Last Emperor, with another masterful exploration of a towering fashion institution. In Dior and I, one enters the storied world that is the House of Christian Dior with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ highly anticipated first Haute Couture collection as the iconic brand’s new Artistic Director. From conception through to its ultimate exhibition, the process is shown to be a true labour of love by the stoic Simons and a dedicated, charming, and often humorous team of collaborators. Beautifully melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of fashion with an elegant reverence for the history of Dior, Tcheng’s colourful homage to the seamstresses of the atelier is nothing short of magical.