Thanks to the House of Dior and YouTube for all images in this post. This and more “Making of…” videos are the property of Dior.

Guys, isn’t it enough to view a delightful Dior dress on their runways and not actually make the same or similar dress? I think so, although the techniques shown in the Dior videos inspire me so viscerally that I am feeling the urge to make them now.

This is why I follow the Dior channel on YouTube. After each season, they focus on techniques of making and embellishing selected dresses (or coats, or tops or pants) from the collection. The atelier staff are duly featured; since they all speak in French you can enable the subtitle option in YouTube to overcome the language barrier.

So, here’s a link to the making of the Spring/Summer 2023 collection, and may I say, it is mesmerizing. Dior, SS 2023 . The muse for this collection is none other than Josephine Baker, and other ground breaking Black women. It’s a must watch. There is more awe inspiring content in the video than the ones featured in this post!

I am so inspired, even if it takes me the rest of my life to complete this. I hope you’re inspired too.

Till the next post…

Samina