Cutting it: a preview of new documentary, Dior and I

Rachel Marie Walsh previews the new documentary, Dior and I, which follows the Belgian designer’s first show as Creative Director at the fashion house, a vacancy created by disgraced John Galliano.

THE recent flurry of fashion films – biopics or documentaries that enthral viewers and make key players empathetic characters rather than tempting targets for satirists — has been good for the industry.

However, Dior and I director Frédéric Tcheng is not so sure. The Frenchman feels the “celebrification” of designers distorts our view of the team effort that is haute couture.