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Portrait of Maria Grazia Chiuri

Photo: Hopewealth, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Maria Grazia Chiuri

Dior's designer staged her Cruise show by candlelight in the El Badi Palace.

  • From: Italy
  • Known as: designer
  • Their tie: told the story
  • When: 2019

The story

In April 2019 Maria Grazia Chiuri brought Dior's Cruise 2020 show to Marrakech's 16th-century El Badi Palace. She worked with African wax-print makers, and the set was dressed with henna-painted cushions and ceramics from a project supporting women weavers and potters.

Where in Morocco

  • Marrakech (El Badi Palace): Dior Cruise 2020 show
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/in-pictures-dior-cruise-collection-2020/2019050142
  2. www.euronews.com/2019/05/01/dior-cruise-collection-2020-marrakech

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