Dior Autumn 2025: The Kimono as Body Architecture

Maria Grazia Chiuri reimagines the kimono in Dior Autumn 2025, blending Japanese tradition and tailoring with architectural elegance.

For her Autumn 2025 collection for Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri offers a profound reflection on the body, tradition, and space through a reinterpretation of the kimono. Inspired by the refined aesthetics of Japanese dress and the historic archives of the maison, Chiuri transforms the kimono into a contemporary structure that envelops, shapes, and honours the body.

Far from replicating past designs, Chiuri takes inspiration from Monsieur Dior’s creations—such as the Diorpaletot—and reinterprets them with generous silhouettes, belts that define without constricting, and fabrics that flow with intent. Silk, golden embroidery, and subtle prints evoke atmospheres rather than decoration, in a collection where each garment acts as a microarchitecture.

More than a cultural fusion, Chiuri presents a dialogue between form, emotion, and the philosophy of dressing. In Dior Autumn 2025, clothing does more than adorn: it structures, accompanies, and expresses the complexity of lived experience.