Petit Déjeuner X Dior: Way to Blue
The latest in the DRG Petit Déjeuner film series, is a celebration of friendship and creativity.
As soon as I saw the Dior AW17 collection, I knew I wanted to shoot it. The regiment of girls all in blue, from work wear to embroidered taffeta, to a shimmering dégradé sequin gown, all topped with leather berets, was just too wonderful a vision to ignore.
While dove grey is the colour usually associated with Dior, navy blue was a lesser-known favourite of Monsieur Dior. Womenswear artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri wanted to express its many associations, so there are nods to work wear (hence the indigo carpenter jeans – complete with logo-taped selvedge), spirituality (a monastic hood attached to a cashmere outerwear version of Dior’s bar jacket) and the dreamlike art of Chagalle, Picasso and Miro.
Our Petit Déjeuner films are based around mornings, beginnings and reinventions. For our latest film (supported by Dior), celebrating 70 years since Christian Dior launched his house, Emma Miranda Moore and I wanted to tell a story about friendship and creativity. Armed with the Dior collection, our cast, team and a mini bus full of props, we headed off early to the windswept Whitstable coast. As Storm Ophelia cast its surreal glow across the country, our heroines Eris and Georgia basked in its peachy haze…
The clothes were, of course, sublime. While the flou of Dior is known for its delicacy, I love how this collection mixes romantic tulle with rugged boots, utilitarian denim and garconne shirting in inky blue taffeta.
The anti-preciousness extends to adaptable bags, with even the poshest top-handle Lady Dior casualised with the aid of a cross-body strap. (The exception: the magnificent but diminutive embroidered minaudiere below.) I have a thing for military regalia, and the decorative straps teamed with leather berets give Dior a very modern contrast of regality meets reality.
The funnest part of the shoot came right at the end. I won’t spoil it (watch the film!) but let’s just say it was very very windy and we had to do a few takes. The clothes were happily up to the job. These are clothes to walk, work, dance and run around in. And if you really want to, you can even do handstands in Dior…!
You can shop the AW17 womenswear collection at House of Dior, 160 New Bond Street, W1S 2UE
CREDITS
Concept: Navaz Batliwalla and Emma Miranda Moore
Director: Emma Miranda Moore
Styling and creative direction: Navaz Batliwalla/Disneyrollergirl.net
Cinematographer: Charles Mori
Models: Georgia at Linden Staub; Eris at Next
Hair: Paul Donovan at CLM
Make-up: Shinobu at CLM
Music: I’ve Waited So Long by Millie Hanlon Cole
Editor: Roberta Bononi
Grading: Malcolm Ellison Igloo Post
Camera assistant: Daniel Read
Production: There You Are
All clothes, accessories and jewellery by Christian Dior. Georgia’s shoes, model’s own.
This is a creative collaboration with Dior. Petit Déjeuner is a collaboration between Disneyrollergirl and Emma Miranda Moore. We create films and editorial shoots based around mornings, beginnings and reinventions. See all our Petit Dejeuner stories here.
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WORDS: Disneyrollergirl/Navaz Batliwalla
IMAGES: Emma Miranda Moore
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25 October, 2017 @ 3:36 pm
Navy looks so fresh.
26 October, 2017 @ 1:52 pm
Just beautiful. Love it.
26 October, 2017 @ 10:20 pm
YAYYYYY, thanks Vic! XXX
13 March, 2020 @ 6:44 am
I know this is an old video but it’s new to me. I’m not a “fashion person” although I do love clothes, but I just want to say WOW. This is so elegant in every way, from the clothes to the camera work. The art direction is sort of laid back and yet so self assured, it doesn’t try too hard. It’s truly gorgeous. And the clothes, of course…. so quiet, you know. They don’t scream at you, they whisper. Now that coat is whispering to me to go out and commit a crime and buy it. I also love that these clothes are handsome and feminine all at once, and in those inky shades of blue and black, my favorite color palette. In fact, just today I wore something so similar, from the beret (it was raining, my ‘do gets huge) to the velvet jacket (though mine isn’t turn-of-the-century-looking). Not Dior, of course, a poor man’s version, but still…. It’s kind of weird to run across this tonight. And since this was 2017, I’m guessing that by fashion trends my ensemble is now totally out of date. Ahhh well, it’s not the first time.
You do wonderful work.
Peace.
13 March, 2020 @ 5:32 pm
Thank you Monique! It’s all down to a great team and my partner in film crime, Emma Miranda Moore. thanks for stopping by – and the beret and jacket ensemble sound fab!
14 March, 2020 @ 4:43 pm
Two last things. I showed this video to some friends who loved it as much as I. We are wondering… what is it for exactly? Not an ad, is it?
Question 2) what is the meaning of “Way to Blue”?
AND…. so, I was supposed to go to a dinner party tonight (canceled thanks to our friend Mr. Coronavirus) and had picked out my Comme de Garcons-ish black skirt that looks sort of Victorian (my foot is in a cast, so skirts are a preference now…. though I otherwise rarely wear them), to wear with a great cinched-waist velvet jacket and Victorian style blouse underneath, and of course a cool beret. All inspired by your wonderful video… Damn, I was gonna look AWESOME thanks to you!
Alas…. The End is Nigh.
But before that happens…. please give me answers to my 2 questions. Thanks.
14 March, 2020 @ 5:39 pm
Thank you Monique! Good question. Dior funded the production of the film so we could pay for the location, hair, make-up and models. So not an ad exactly, although they did provide all the clothes and accessories. But they didn’t control the messaging in any way. They supported our creative endavour as part of an ongoing collaboration. We had previously done another film with them to celebrate their newly refurbed flagship store (HERE: https://www.disneyrollergirl.net/petit-dejeuner-x-dior-bond-street-film/) and a stills shoot. It is actually quite rare for brands to work in this way, purely to support creativity. However, Dior’s UK PR is a real champion of both film and female creativity. So glad you all liked our work.