Christian Dior was a renowned French fashion designer who curated one of the world’s top fashion houses. Dior and I brings the viewer inside the magical world of the Christian Dior fashion empire which was looking for a new creative director in 2012. Raf Simons was tasked with putting together his first-ever haute couture show in just eight weeks, which usually requires five to six months. The film is also a homage to the seamstresses who make Raf s vision come to reality.

In my paper, I am going to argue that the relationship between individual vision and collaborative labor was the reason behind the successful show. The veteran needle workers and specialists, some of whom have worked for Dior for a long time, feel a devotion to sustaining the legacy and an enthusiastic bond with the items they make. With the Introduction of Mr. Simons to the workers wearing white jackets with “Dior” embroidered above their pockets, his boss believed that the house is going to be “modernizing.” as Raf Simons had a reputation as a minimalist. ‘Dior and I’ gives its viewers an opportunity to enjoy the journey of hard-work and dedication of creating a Haute-Couture Dior show that is usually just talked about. Having to experience it is a feast to its audience along with appreciating the craftsmanship and the stages of production which includes - sketching, prototyping, modeling, to the final catwalk.

Raf Simons had to prove himself with the pressure of a ticking clock. His out-of-the-box idea of creating dresses inspired by the abstract paintings of his friend, Sterling Ruby required a complicated, decades-old thread-printing technique. 1 “Simons’ challenge was to honor the traditions of the influential house but also implement his own ideas and designs to provide a modern edge, and to achieve it within the high-dollar, high-profile realm of haute couture.”