Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi transforms the moss‑covered grounds of Tō‑ji Temple in Kyoto into a serene, mirrored canvas for Dior’s Pre‑Fall 2025 collection, where reimagined kimonos and delicate botanical motifs flow through layers of light and reflection to reveal Maria Grazia Chiuri’s poetic vision.
Takagi’s lens fractures each look into shifting planes—an approach born of her lifelong study of natural light and shadow. Her signature layering of floral and architectural motifs over dresses and models creates an ethereal dialogue with Dior’s couture codes, revealing the brand’s heritage through dreamlike, time‑drifting vignettes. In this campaign, those techniques capture Chiuri’s silk kimono jackets in generous volumes and open lines, where blooms, vines and branches are hand‑painted across flowing fabrics and soft‑fringed hems, their hues shifting from sheer pastels to richer tones within a single piece.
Even the Dior Book Tote carries these sketches, uniting accessory and attire in a seamless floral language. Models from Japan, Europe and Jamaica move through mirrored panels, their silhouettes echoed to create a quiet chorus of texture and form. By forgoing literal scenery, the campaign evokes Japan through material, pattern and reflection alone. Gold‑tone embroidery hints at ukiyo‑e woodblock art without weight, while layers of transparency and saturation speak to a meeting of Japanese textile finesse and French couture precision. In Takagi’s evocative frames, Dior’s Pre‑Fall 2025 collection becomes a meditative voyage through light, fabric and tradition.
