Christian Dior Haute Couture Dress and Shawl, 2008

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Christian Dior Haute Couture Dress and Shawl, 2008

In 2008, Renée Fleming was the first woman to open the season of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. For the occasion, she wore four haute couture creations, including this dress by John Galliano for Christian Dior for her role as The Countess in Strauss’s Capriccio. Annie Lebovitz photographed Fleming in all four dresses for a 2008 Vogue article called ‘La Dolce Vida’ by Hamish Bowles. In the article, Galliano is quote as saying that Fleming’s voice, with its ‘whole timbre of colors, emotions, and tones, made me want to create something bold, vivacious, sensual, and capricious.’

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In 2008, Renée Fleming was the first woman to open the season of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. For the occasion, she wore four haute couture creations, including this dress by John Galliano for Christian Dior for her role as The Countess in Strauss’s Capriccio. Annie Lebovitz photographed Fleming in all four dresses for a 2008 Vogue article called ‘La Dolce Vida’ by Hamish Bowles. In the article, Galliano is quote as saying that Fleming’s voice, with its ‘whole timbre of colors, emotions, and tones, made me want to create something bold, vivacious, sensual, and capricious.’