For Dior Cruise 2019, Maria Grazia Chiuri looked to Potencier Broderies in Northern France, delving through its extensive archives to recreate and further develop an elaborately dense and luxurious embroidered guipure lace. Blending ancestral savoir-faire with modern techniques, it resulted in a pair of dresses whose leaping flounces belied the sensuality of their transparencies. Listen to the interview and go on.dior.com/cruise19 to discover the looks on the runway! | Dior

Explore the savoir-faire behind this ornate, guipure lace-like embellishment in the Autumn-Winter 2023-2024 Haute Couture collection on.dior.com/couture-aw23-24 by Maria Grazia Chiuri, produced by winding metallic threads around yarns of different thicknesses and appliquéing the elements and arabesques onto a decorated base. © Mélinda Triana | Dior

The bell-sleeved evening gown worn by the protagonist of the film directed by Matteo Garrone that presented the Spring-Summer 2021 Haute Couture collection on.dior.com/couture-ss21 by Maria Grazia Chiuri is an exceptional expression of lightly-handled Dior savoir-faire. The specialist Atelier Jean-Pierre Ollier was called on to recreate an 18th-century découpage technique known as 'lacca povera', originally associated with furniture, using screen-printed motifs that are then hand-painted and emb