It wasn\u2019t just red carpeted walls that lined Dior\u2019s A\/W 2022 show set in Paris, but staring sets of duplicated eyes. Women\u2019s artistic director Maria Grazia\u00a0Chiuri often enlists a female artist to expound on her exploration of feminism, from Judy Chicago to\u00a0Anna Paparatti, Claire Fontaine to\u00a0Lucia Marcucci, and for A\/W...
, and for A/W 2022 she collaborated with Italian artist Mariella Bettineschi. Her artworks take canonical female portraits from the 16th to the 19th centuries – such as Vermeer’s 1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring – and reimagine them with their eyes cut and surreally duplicated. As guests gathered on benches, so these eyes surveyed each sitter.
1948-born Bettineschi uses the eye of the woman as a poignant socio-political feminist symbol, highlighting the moral judgement that conditions the actions of women. On theA/W 2022 runway, gilded frames showcased Bettineschi’s works, tessellated around the walls of the show space – which resembled a traditional art gallery or the walls of a plush private residence – with multiple sets of eyes.
Pieces in the collection nodded to Bettineschi’s oeuvre – with the phrase ‘The Next Era’, a reference to the name of the artist’s monograph – emblazoned on the sleeves of motocross gloves and biker jackets, the tongues of fierce boots and across sporty vest tops. As if protecting themselves from the stare of society, models sported tough leathers, padded American football-centric corsetry and bodysuits.
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