\n\t\u201cThe house has a long-standing relationship with cinema,\u201d says Jonathan Anderson, Dior<\/a>\u2018s 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. \u201cChristian Dior worked with Hitchcock on Stage Fright, creating costumes for Dietrich,\u201d he explains. \u201cThat was one of the main jumping-off points for this collection.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tDietrich 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\u2019s \u201cSexy Boy\u201d 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 \u201cextras\u201d hired to stand around reading old-timey newspapers.<\/p>\n \n\tOf course, the May 13 show didn\u2019t 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 \u201cLove Parade\u201d (500 guests in director\u2019s chairs along the Walk of Fame). Chanel took over Paramount in 2023. Louis Vuitton invaded La Jolla\u2019s Salk Institute in 2022.<\/p>\n \n\tBut with his LACMA show, Anderson took the spectacle to a whole other level, using the city\u2019s newest architectural wonder as a backdrop for a presentation that not only lifted his own reputation as one of fashion\u2019s most ascendant designers but L.A.\u2019s as one of fashion\u2019s most important stages.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tModels were outfitted in Philip Treacy hats spelling out words like \u201cBuzz,\u201d \u201cStar,\u201d \u201cFlow\u201d and, of course, \u201cDior.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tRestaurateur Michael Chow wore a kimona-like top made of layers of Chinese paper. \u201cWith pink socks!\u201d he notes. \u201cThat\u2019s fashion!\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tSnapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel and supermodel wife Miranda Kerr arrived in artfully casual ensembles, a black puffer for him and pink chiffon for her. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tJeff Goldblum with Emilie Livingston. \u201cI love Dior\u2019s denim,\u201d says Goldblum. \u201cIt\u2019s soft, it\u2019s stiff. Comfortable. Lived-in looking. But made with exceptional craft.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u201cThe vintage American cars \u2014 they inspired our new saddlebags with car paint surfaces and motor key chains,\u201d says Anderson. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tDior ambassador Anya\u202fTaylor-Joy and musician\/actor Malcolm McRae. \u201cI\u2019ve been to maybe 20 Dior shows,\u201d says Taylor-Joy. \u201cBut to do a show in this museum \u2014 it\u2019s the rare example of someone creating fashion art to be shown in a building that was designed to house exceptional art.\u201d <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tModels on the runway outside LACMA\u2019s new David\u202fGeffen Galleries. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tDior ambassador Ejae \u2014 one of the voices behind KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 smash song \u201cGolden\u201d \u2014 made an entrance wearing (what else?) Dior.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tMiley Cyrus turned up in double denim, a light-washed chambray shirt over jeans. She sat front-row, right next to Anora star Mikey Madison<\/a>. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tMadison, in a gray skirt suit, enjoyed an impromptu Anora reunion with fellow attendee Sean Baker.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Griffin Champion<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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