Unpopular opinion: documentaries are the best kind of films.
And Frederic Tcheng's (creator of Valentino: The Last Emperor and Dianna Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel) new documentary is exceptional.
Dior and I gives a glimpse into the french fashion house Dior as it is given a "new look" from Raf Simons who debut as the director in 2012. Simons and his team must conceptualise and create their couture collection (which usually takes 3 months) within just 8 weeks (cue Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure).
Simons decides that femininity should be the core of the collection, a collection that he described as dynamic, because that's what a woman is...and slowly a parallel is made between Raf Simons and Chirstian Dior. The parallel intensifies as Omar Berrada provides a voice-over for certain scenes, reading quotes from Dior's biography - thoughts that align almost exactly with Simons.
The audience gets to witness the extreme design process of this entire collection. We are given a look into the atelier (workshop) and the amazing women and men who create these incredible pieces of art, with precision and extreme attention to detail.
The documentary is incredibly absorbing; you feel as though you are amongst it all, you can sense the tension, and the moment you see the final creations you cry.
Like the final Dior designs featured, the film was beautiful to watch and I could easily watch it again (and again).
Rated: "sublime" (In Raf Simons' Belgium accent)
- Alessandra
*Mosaik does not take credit for any of the images used in this article
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