Dior tapped into Scotland's traditions and rebellious streak late Monday, presenting its 2025 "cruise" collection, with punk tartan, chain mail and magical ball gowns. Haute couture has increasingly taken the catwalk on the road to showcase its latest creations, with "cruises" to spectacular locations all over the world. After Athens, Seville and Mexico, this year Dior plumped for historic Drummond Castle, near Crieff in Perthshire, central Scotland.
Among the audience in the castle's formal gardens were Dior muses Jennifer Lawrence, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rosamund Pike and Laetitia Casta, with an army of waiters in elegant black kilts in keen attendance. Models descended the stone stairs from the castle to the sound of bagpipes, disappearing from view behind the manicured hedges and trees. They appeared as warriors from the bushes, with long braids down their backs, clad in leather, chain mail and flashy breastplates.
Elsewhere, there were magical lace collars, capes, heavy velvet ball gowns and pearl-embroidered corsets. Some styles were combined, with skirts opening onto thigh-high boots, kilts, shorts, teddys, knee-high socks and punk-inspired leather and silver chokers. Tartan, Scotland's most famous fabric, was mostly everywhere -- in purple, gold and bright red -- giving a grungy feel.
French actress Camille Cottin said creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri wove tartan and punk culture "with huge grace". "It was magnificent," she said afterwards. Strong female characters are.
