At Dior, the caning is iconic. Emblematic pattern of the maison Christian Dior, it can be found on some of its the most desired products such as the Lady Dior handbag, the Dior VIII watch, on which the pattern in relief reminds us the cannage, but also on Les escales de Dior collection.
It is now Victoire de Castellane’s turn to interpret Dior’s hallmark caning with her latest collection named My Dior. A collection inspired by her trips to Paris, avenue Montaigne Dior Boutique, where as a little girl, when she accompanied her mother, she could see the caned chairs from the Napoleon III period.
The new My Dior collection pieces are created from gold and adorned with a smattering of precious stones, featuring subtle texture in the woven lattice design. It features bracelets, large cuff bracelets and rings in yellow, rose and white gold in a very glamorous and graphic meshing. The elegance and refinement of Dior, simply.
The cannage by Dior: Key dates
1947 : Christian Dior and Victor Grandpierre choose a set of chairs in «Napoleon III» style to furnish the maison Dior at 30, Avenue Montaigne. The seats display a refined work of embroidery: the «cannage».
1953 : The «cannage» motif makes its official appearance as a decorative pattern for the packaging of the perfume «Eau Fraîche».
1961 : Dior’s creative director Marc Bohan takes inspiration from the «cannage» motif for several new creations among which the famous «Rolls Royce coat».
1986 – 1996 : The new artistic director Gianfranco Ferrè literally rediscovers the «cannage», widely using it on coats and dresses.
1995 : The «cannage» motif is the most peculiar trait of the legendary Lady Di(or) bag worn by Lady Diana Spencer.
1997 : The «cannage» becomes a distinctive trait of architectures and interior designs of Dior’s flagship stores and key locations thanks to Peter Marino.
1997 – 2011 : John Galliano makes a wide use of «cannage» in his disruptive collections. The Diorama bag and the Samurai bag are reworked with «cannage» and he even tries to recreate a sort of post-modern «printed cannage» with Dior CD initials for the Cross body bag.
2012 : The master jeweller Victoire de Castellane plays all around the cannage motif creating a unique collection named My Cannage for My Dior.
2014 : The «cannage» becomes a perfume under the name of «Cuir Cannage». Dior master perfumer François Demary mixes notes of leather and flowers so to give the sensation of the «olfactory sensuality emanated by the interior of a Dior bag».
2014 : In the daring eyewear collection «My Dior Electric Rubber» the maison experiments the traditional «cannage» motif on sunglasses with new materials such as rubber and polymeric alloys.
2016 : A team of prominent designers such as India Mahdavi, Veronique Taittinger and others transfers the «cannage» motif in interior design, house furnishing and tableware.
2017 : For the Spring/Summer collection the new artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri combines «cannage» with modern materials and techniques such as studded and top-stitched leather, covered of precious tchotchkes. Even the Lady Dior bag is reworked.
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