Christian Dior | Clothes on Film

Twenty-five years ago, costume designer Margot Wilson was a student living in Paris when she picked up a roll of red, moire silk fabric during a shopping trip to Milan. She didn’t know why, or what for; she wasn’t even a costume designer then, just a talented young fashion grad from East Sydney Tech on a six-month scholarship to France. When it was time to go home, she took the beautiful roll of fabric back down under with her. Fast forward three decades and a couple of dozen films later (including Lantana, Bran Nue Dae and Lawless), and Wilson has finally found a screen role for her magnificent weave –…

Some photographs from the recent So Dior exhibition at Harrods.

Bonnie and Clyde is a great example of how the simple addition of a hat can say a lot about a character.

This coral pink ensemble encompasses and challenges the absolute femininity of Grace Kelly.

As worn by Grace Kelly, this floaty, conspicuous dress is an appreciable nod to Dior’s ‘New Look’ of the late 1940s.

The V&A in London is hosting an exhibition of dresses and accessories once belonging to Grace Kelly.