Jonathan Anderson house took over the Geffen Galleries for his ultra- luxe salute to old Hollywood. Not surprisingly, half the town showed up.
Last week at LACMA, L.A. finally got the fashion show it always knew it deserved. , along with a throng of such industry titans as Amazon’s Sue Kroll, uber-producer Brian Grazer and Legendary’s Blair Rich — filed into the courtyard outside the just-opened David Geffen Galleries.
There, against the museum’s monolithic curving cement walls, they took their seats for what turned out to be the biggest, buzziest and arguably most consequential L.A. fashion moment since Marlene Dietrich got tossed out of the Polo Lounge for wearing slacks. Dior Suite at Majestic Hotel Has Everything for Cannes Glam -- Plus Seashells and Dior's Signature‘s 41-year-old creative director, who not only picked L.A. for his first foray outside Paris since taking the job last year, but designed his Cruise 2027 collection with Hollywood noir as his inspiration.
“Christian Dior worked with Hitchcock on, creating costumes for Dietrich,” he explains. “That was one of the main jumping-off points for this collection. ” Dietrich was all over the Geffen, particularly in the tight-waisted tweed jackets and hobble skirts that floated down the runway. But so were the spirits of Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn, conjured in slinky pastel gowns and silky unstructured dresses.
With Air’s “Sexy Boy” blaring from the speakers, some 75 models glided around the museum, illuminated by the headlight beams from a fleet of vintage pink convertibles parked around the courtyard. There were streetlamps, smoke machines, even “extras” hired to stand around reading old-timey newspapers. Of course, the May 13 show didn’t arrive out of nowhere. For the past five years, the great European fashion houses have been sashaying through Southern California like it was their own private catwalk.
Gucci shut down Hollywood Boulevard in 2021 for its “Love Parade” . Chanel took over Paramount in 2023. Louis Vuitton invaded La Jolla’s Salk Institute in 2022. But with his LACMA show, Anderson took the spectacle to a whole other level, using the city’s newest architectural wonder as a backdrop for a presentation that not only lifted his own reputation as one of fashion’s most ascendant designers but L.A.
’s as one of fashion’s most important stages. Models were outfitted in Philip Treacy hats spelling out words like “Buzz,” “Star,” “Flow” and, of course, “Dior. ”Restaurateur Michael Chow wore a kimona-like top made of layers of Chinese paper.
“With pink socks! ” he notes.
“That’s fashion! ”Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel and supermodel wife Miranda Kerr arrived in artfully casual ensembles, a black puffer for him and pink chiffon for her. Jeff Goldblum with Emilie Livingston.
“I love Dior’s denim,” says Goldblum. “It’s soft, it’s stiff. Comfortable. Lived-in looking.
But made with exceptional craft. ”“The vintage American cars — they inspired our new saddlebags with car paint surfaces and motor key chains,” says Anderson. Dior ambassador Anya Taylor-Joy and musician/actor Malcolm McRae.
“I’ve been to maybe 20 Dior shows,” says Taylor-Joy. “But to do a show in this museum — it’s the rare example of someone creating fashion art to be shown in a building that was designed to house exceptional art. ”Dior ambassador Ejae — one of the voices behind KPop Demon Hunters’ smash song “Golden” — made an entrance wearing Dior.
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