Dior teams up with South African designer Thebe Magugu

By Wanique Block

Luxury fashion house Dior has collaborated with South African fashion designer Thebe Magugu.

Thebe was tasked by Dior’s Creative Director, Maria Grazia Chiuri to reinterpret signature pieces from the luxury house’s past collections.

This collaboration is a charity initiative for Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project, a charity that aids in and invests in the health, education, and safety of young people living in South Africa.

The limited-edition capsule collection will be released on the 27th of October 2022 at Dior’s flagship boutiques in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles.

In addition to this collaboration Dior has also made a lump-sum donation to the Charlize’s Africa Outreach Project.

When asked about the significance Thebe reiterates how Dior’s legacy has transcended the African continent.

“I’m from a small mining town called Kimberly, a place which sometimes is completely overlooked on certain maps. But even there people are very familiar with Christian Dior, It sort of revolutionised how women dress”, Magugu tells Women’s Wear Daily.

For this collaboration Thebe reimagined a Dior cinched jacket as a cotton T-shirt and a flaring skirt.

The reimagined T-shirt has Thebe’s signature brand emblem which depicts two women holding hands and is seen as a powerful symbol of sisterhood and unity. This emblem is also a reflection of Chiuri’s themes of feminism, embedded into her tenure as Dior’s Creative Director.

Meanwhile according to Thebe, the Flaring Skirt, is “a beautiful pairing between my universe and Maria’s universe”.

He continues: “At Dior, I’ve always loved when she’s done the full-circle skirts. I’ve looked at those things forever”.

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