PHOTOS: Christian Dior gives fairy tales edgy makeover for Paris Fashion Week

In Dior's dark fairy tale, which featured black leather dresses with puff sleeves, princess-style tulle gowns and velvet coats among the winter styles, gone are the damsels in distress waiting to be rescued. "I am not obsessed with the idea of a princess. Each woman wants to play (a) different character, with different clothes, to be one moment a soldier, then a princess," designer Maria Grazia Chiuri said in a interview. Chiuri - who has sought to stamp an overt feminist stance on her designs - said she had wanted to rethink the reading of tales as coming of age stories. "These women are not waiting for a prince but more going the world to realise themselves," she said. "I think women are better when they build their life with their own hands and not to wait on someone to help them."

Updated on: Mar 09, 2021 4:33 PM IST

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A model presents a creation for Christian Dior during the presentation of the Fall/Winter 2021 ready-to-wear fashion collection, on March 6, 2021, in Aubervilliers, on the outskirts of Paris. (AFP)

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A model presents a creation by designer Maria Grazia Chiuri for fashion house Dior during an interview with Reuters ahead of her Fall/Winter 2021 collection presentation in a digital format during Paris Fashion week, in Aubervilliers, near Paris, France, March 6, 2021. (REUTERS)

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Maria Grazia Chiuri, designer for Fashion house Dior, poses with a model during an interview with Reuters ahead of her Fall/Winter 2021 collection presentation in a digital format during Paris Fashion week, in Aubervilliers, near Paris, France, March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (REUTERS)

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Maria Grazia Chiuri, designer for Fashion house Dior, poses with a model during an interview with Reuters ahead of her Fall/Winter 2021 collection presentation in a digital format during Paris Fashion week, in Aubervilliers, near Paris, France, March 6, 2021. (REUTERS)