Backstage at Dior’s Tokyo show, models turn to macaroons and mobile phones

Apr 20 , 2017

Backstage at Christian Dior’s spring-summer 2017 haute couture show at Ginza Six. Photo: EPA/Franck Robichon

House of Dior Ginza’s opening showcases the magic onstage – and off – that brings Maria Grazia Chiuri’s haute couture collection to life

Bringing the best of Maria Grazia Chiuri’s latest work to Tokyo, Dior hosted a fashion show at the launch of their new store in Ginza Six, the biggest mall in Japan, which opened April 17.

Chiuri’s first haute couture collection for Dior was boxed and shipped to Tokyo, along with Kris Van Assche’s autumn-winter 2017 collection for Dior Homme – plus a capsule collection of ready-to-wear and accessories designed by Chiuri for the event.

The collection – which could have stocked the wardrobe for A Midsummer Night’s Dream – appeared even more ethereal amid gusts of wind in Ginza Six’s rooftop gardens.

Christian Dior’s spring-summer 2017 haute couture collection by Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri on the rooftop garden of the Ginza Six new retail complex in Tokyo. Photo: EPA/Franck Robichon

But the best shots of the show were taken backstage, where photographers Franck Robichon and Toru Hanai captured models at their most vulnerable and artists in their element.

Turns out models do eat macaroons.

Models eat backstage at Christian Dior’s spring-summer 2017 haute couture show at Ginza Six. Photo: REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Backstage at Christian Dior’s spring-summer 2017 haute couture show at Ginza Six. Photo: REUTERS/Toru Hanai