Christian Dior’s New Ads, 5 Things to Know About BeReal
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SISTER ACT: Dior’s pre-fall campaign is all about the sisterhood.
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s collection, inspired by school uniforms, is worn by a group of models, including house favorites Sofia Steinberg and Maryel Uchida, in a series of group portraits by South African photographer Alice Mann — in line with Chiuri’s commitment to working exclusively with female imagemakers on her photo shoots.
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The cast also includes Naomi Ekindi Dioh, Greta Hofer, Jiali Zhao, Isheja Morella, Manuela Sanchez and Emi Stankovic.
The models pose against a plain, gray garage-like backdrop in outfits including ponchos, kilts and jackets made from the same yellow tartan as the dress that South Korean pop star Jisoo wore to the Dior show at Paris Fashion Week in March, drawing comparisons with the lead character Cher in the ‘90s film classic “Clueless.”
But Chiuri gave her schoolgirl outfits a more tomboyish twist, with white shirts and black ties, skater shorts and dungaree dresses.
Some outfits and Dior Book Tote bags were printed with a circular stamp inspired by those found on burlap bags — a nod to the origins of founder Christian Dior, whose family owned a fertilizer business. Chiuri turned them into symbols of sisterhood with the motto “L’union fait la force,” or “Strength through unity.”
The campaign, which breaks on April 10 in China, was art directed by Fabien Baron, who also helmed the accompanying film. It was styled by Elin Svahn, with Peter Philips in charge of makeup and Paul Hanlon doing hair. — JOELLE DIDERICH
GETTING REAL: ByteDance’s TikTok blew up in popularity during the pandemic, taking some of the attention away from Instagram, part of Meta. Now, another social media app, BeReal, is becoming the go to app at colleges around the U.S. — in a similar way to how Facebook got off the ground — and is expected to only continue to grow its following globally.
Here are five facts to know about the app du jour.
How it works
Described by the app’s founders as “a new and unique way to discover who your friends really are in their daily life,” everyday at a different time, everyone is notified simultaneously to capture and share two photos of what they are doing at that specific time through their front and back facing phone camera lens in two minutes.
It’s not brand new
The app was founded in 2020 by Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau in Paris and raised around $36 million in funds in June 2021 from VC firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Accel Partners, according to various media reports. But it is only recently that it has surged in popularity outside of its native France, clocking in more than 1 million downloads globally in February, particularly among college students, which it has targeted via sponsored clubs and events on campuses across the U.S.