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An invitation to escape, A.B.C.Dior is a new podcast series the House dreamed up as a moment suspended in time for (re)discovering the secrets, codes and icons that have shaped our “kingdom of dreams.”

This podcast is also available as a video on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzPXOOq1r2gEwCyehufdnuPrRk_uJIHM2 

In this second installment, follow Thumbelina’s adventures and the fabulous events that will change her life.

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Musical identity: Agence Calliopé. 

Poursuivez, dans ce deuxième tome, les péripéties de Poucette, au gré des fabuleux événements qui changeront sa vie.

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Identité musicale de la chaîne : Agence Calliopé. 

A timeless classic, the tale of Thumbelina – adapted from the original work by Hans Christian Andersen – invites you to follow the adventures of a delicate little girl who was born in a wondrous flower. Her journey through the heart of nature is punctuated with enchanting surprise encounters. From the ugly toad to the frightening stag beetle, the mole living in the dark and the pretty wounded swallow, the heroine meets many characters along the way and cleverly overcomes each obstacle thanks to her courage and optimism. An ode to the plant world, an invitation to observe the infinitely small and the poetic beauty of things – even and especially the tiny things – around us, to take care of others and nature, in keeping with the four seasons.

In this first volume, discover Thumbelina’s first steps on a maiden journey through fields, streams, skies and forests.

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Musical identity: Agence Calliopé. 

Incontournable, intemporel, le conte La Petite Poucette - adapté de l’œuvre originale de Hans Christian Andersen –, invite à suivre les aventures d’une délicate fillette, baptisée Poucette, née au cœur d’une fleur merveilleuse. Son périple, au cœur de la nature, est ponctué de surprises enchantées et d’étonnantes rencontres. Du vilain crapaud au hanneton effrayant, de la taupe qui vit dans le noir à la jolie hirondelle blessée, l’héroïne croise sur son chemin de nombreux personnages et surmonte chaque épreuve avec malice, grâce à son courage et à son optimisme. Une ode au monde végétal, une invitation à observer l’infiniment petit, la beauté poétique des choses - même et surtout minuscules – autour de soi, à prendre soin des autres et de la nature, au gré des quatre saisons. 

Découvrez, dans ce premier tome, les premiers pas de Poucette au fil d’un voyage initiatique à travers champs, ruisseaux, cieux et forêts. 

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Identité musicale de la chaîne : Agence Calliopé. 

Inspired by the dreams, childhood memories and travels of Monsieur Dior, this tale imagined by Cordelia de Castellane offers a joyful epic aboard Jules Verne’s Nautilus*. From the streets of St. Petersburg to the beaches of Pondicherry, from Hollywood studios to Japanese gardens dotted with cherry blossoms, the couturier and his friends travel the world in search of a mysterious compass in a mythical submarine transformed into an incredible flying ship. Between radiant landscapes illuminated by a thousand and one colors and virtuoso haute couture creations created in a whirlwind of magic, this odyssey celebrates the beauty and richness of nature, the world and its diverse cultures, encouraging us to preserve our ecosystem like a precious treasure, now more than ever.

*Christian Dior, admiring his world, confided in his autobiography: “The décor of the grand salon of the Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea has remained for me the model of luxury, calm and beauty.”

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Musical identity: Agence Calliopé. 

Inspiré par les songes, les souvenirs d’enfance et les voyages de Monsieur Dior, ce conte imaginé par Cordelia de Castellane offre une joyeuse épopée à bord du Nautilus de Jules Verne*. Des rues de Saint-Pétersbourg aux plages de Pondichéry, en passant par les studios d’Hollywood et les jardins japonais, constellés de cerisiers en fleur, le couturier et ses amis parcourent la planète, à la recherche d’une mystérieuse boussole, dans ce sous-marin mythique transformé en un incroyable navire volant. Entre paysages solaires, illuminés de mille et une couleurs, et créations haute couture virtuoses, réalisées dans un tourbillon de magie, cette odyssée célèbre la beauté et la richesse de la nature, du monde et de ses différentes cultures, incitant ainsi, avec délicatesse, à préserver plus que jamais notre écosystème, tel un précieux trésor. 

* Christian Dior, admirant son univers, confiait dans son autobiographie : « Le décor du grand salon du Nautilus dans Vingt mille lieues sous les mers est resté pour moi le modèle achevé du luxe, du calme et de la beauté. »

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Identité musicale de la chaîne : Agence Calliopé. 

In this second volume – the sequel to The kingdom of Christian Dior – relive the artistic journey of the founding couturier, from the emergence of the New Look to his eternal mission, to make women “not only more beautiful, but happier”.

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Musical identity: Agence Calliopé. 

Dans ce deuxième tome – suite du Royaume de Christian Dior –, revivez le voyage artistique du couturier-fondateur, de l’apparition du New Look à sa mission éternelle, rendre les femmes « non seulement plus belles, mais plus heureuses ». 

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Identité musicale de la chaîne : Agence Calliopé. 

Between sweet daydreams and childhood memories, Cordelia de Castellane reinvents the life of Christian Dior in this thrilling story for children, moving from his fairy-tale birth in the heart of a Norman forest to his dazzling Parisian ascent, imbued with grace and elegance, and his magical connection with flowers. In turn, his friends, Monsieur Lily of the Valley, Madame Rose and Oblique the Ladybird, playfully embody the different symbols and codes of the House. As if by magic, the Dior kingdom comes to life little by little, in a whirlwind of joy. Through stories and made-up anecdotes, the destiny of Monsieur Dior, the couturier of dreams, unfolds through texts and sketches. A fantasy epic that recounts the highlights of an extraordinary story with poetry and emotion, in the name of beauty, passion and creativity.

In this first volume, discover all about the early adventures of the founding couturier, including his love of nature and inspirations.

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Musical identity: Agence Calliopé. 

Welcome to this seventh episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women.

In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with Lean Lui, a young photographer making major strides in the worlds of fashion and art imagery with her development of a dreamlike, metaphorical, emotional aesthetic. Self-taught, she only began taking pictures seriously two years ago when she was nineteen, the same age at which, incredibly, she also published her first book. She first picked up a camera when she was six years old and has been fascinated with image-making ever since. On the eve of her move to London to start an MA at Central Saint Martins, she is in great demand for fashion, editorial and gallery-based work.

Now twenty-one years old, Lean Lui was born and lives in Hong Kong. She credits her interest in the photography to her early fascination with its chemical processes and arbitrary, analogue roots. Her love of this vintage aesthetic combined with a childhood obsession with reality TV modeling shows, and she started taking pictures of her friends and cousins while other children were in the playground. As she grew older, she developed a passion for the Surrealists and ‘wabi-sabi’, the Japanese aesthetic of transience and imperfection. Her greatest influences have always been painters and thinkers rather than other photographers. In the last couple of years, she has shot for Vogue Italia, VICE Magazine and Figaro HK, as well as the recent ‘Secret Garden’ shoot for Dior Magazine.

In this week’s episode, Charlotte Jansen asks Lean Lui about her influences and ambitions for the future and her own particular approach to feminism and expanding notions of the female gaze. Lui describes herself as a solitary child, more interested in creating her own worlds and forming her own visual language than following the status quo. As she gets ready to embark on her MA at Central Saint Martins in London, she elaborates on her own 21st-century feminism and already considerable body of work, including her landmark series of images ‘Teenage Problems’ in which she captured a group of girls navigating their place in the world.

Welcome to this fourth episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women.

In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with Brigitte Lacombe, the French-born New Yorker who has made an esteemed career photographing major figures in Hollywood and the world of theater from a unique point of view. Her ‘behind-the-scenes’ images of iconic figures have brought a specialist and specific angle to the concept of the ‘female gaze’. 

Brigitte Lacombe was raised in the Gard region of southern France and began her career working in the black and white photography lab of Elle magazine in Paris. Her first break came when she traveled to the 1975 Festival de Cannes where she met actors Dustin Hoffman and Donald Sutherland. From this point she started to shoot on film sets, documenting the making of the movies of Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes, David Mamet and others. Over the years she has developed a strikingly intimate, private aesthetic, subverting the traditional posturing associated with fame and moving beyond the classic idea of celluloid celebrity.

Here, Lacombe discusses her approach to image-making over more than four decades and how her vision has evolved during her time working in a movie industry which has undergone immense political and social changes. She examines the development of her style, of which Creative Director of Women’s collections Maria Grazia Chiuri is a great admirer, which led to her inviting Lacombe to shoot several campaigns, including two featuring actress and muse Jennifer Lawrence.

Welcome to this third episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. 

In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with Janette Beckman, the London-born, New York-based documentary photographer who shot the autumn-winter 2019 campaign. Beckman’s remarkable career spans more than four decades, during which time she has photographed the rock and punk legends of the UK and USA, the emerging hip-hop generation in the early ’80s and numerous iconic album covers.

Janette Beckman was raised in North London and attended St. Martins School of Art before studying photography at the London College of Communication. She was already working for legendary music magazines Sounds, Melody Maker and The Face in the late ’70s and early ’80s and her first assignment was for the group Siouxsie and the Banshees. On moving to New York in 1982, her gritty aesthetic ruffled feathers in the context of the air-brushed style of most album covers of the time. Her response was to focus on the new and revolutionary hip-hop scene, photographing Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys and LL Cool J amongst many others.

In this week’s episode, Beckman discusses her experiences of being a young woman and a foreigner in the New York music and photography scenes at a seminal yet very different time. She ruminates on the notion of the outsider and issues of appropriation, and how her origins in London’s punk culture contributed to the curiosity that spurred her entrée into the rap scene rising in New York’s outer boroughs. She also discusses her own ‘female gaze’ and how she captured, with her direct and irreverent eye, the intimate and typically unseen moments in the creation of the spring-summer 2017 collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri’s debut at the House.  

Discover a selection of works: 

The Women Behind the Lens x Janette Beckman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AYU2mjfIPA

Janette Beckman, Dior Backstage, Spring-Summer 2017 https://www.dior.com/diormag/fr_be/article/les-photos-de-janette-beckman

Janette Beckman, Dior Fall-Winter 2019 https://janettebeckman.com/new-work/dior-1/

Janette Beckman, Mods Streatham, 1976 https://janettebeckman.com/uk-youth/#2

Janette Beckman, LL Cool J, 1985 https://janettebeckman.com/hip-hop/#5

Janette Beckman, Salt ‘N Pepa, 1987 https://janettebeckman.com/hip-hop/sp/

Martha Cooper http://www.stevenkasher.com/artists/martha-cooper

‘Girl On Girl’, Charlotte Jansen https://smarturl.it/girlongirl