Actress Marlene Dietrich inspires Dior's New York fall show

A model presents the latest creations from the Dior pre-fall 2024 women’s collection at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, New York, U.S., April 15, 2024. — Photo: REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

French fashion house Christian Dior unveiled a fall line inspired by actress Marlene Dietrich at a catwalk show in New York on Monday evening.

Nodding to Dietrich's personal style, Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri dressed models in white shirts, sometimes with ties, pleated trousers and black blazers.

A model walks the runway during the presentation of Dior's pre-fall 2024 ready-to-wear collection, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. — Photo: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP

Belted or cowl-neck dresses looked to 1940s silhouettes while some frocks sparkled with beading.

There were also nods to New York, with prints of the Statue of Liberty featuring on some designs. Others were adorned with depictions of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, where Dior is based.

A model dances backstage before presenting a creation from the Dior pre-fall 2024 women's collection at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, New York, U.S., April 15, 2024. — Photo: REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Chiuri worked with artist Claire Fontaine on designing the show space, with pairs of illuminated hands adorning the catwalk's backdrop.

"These hands represent positively and in an empowering way the female sex and they are the hands of the seamstresses, of the creators, myself, of Maria Grazia and the hands of the women that made this project possible," Fontaine said in an interview.

Among the celebrities attending the show were actors Anya Taylor-Joy, Michelle Williams, Naomi Watts, Rosamund Pike and Charlize Theron. — Reuters