Dior Beauty

And at the Met, what was I witness to? I was witness to running off the subway that I would take from Brooklyn Heights to the Upper East Coast.

to get to see a video, a VHS tape that had been delivered from historic Yoji Yamamoto collections, John Galliano going from Givenchy to Dior, Alexander McQueen delivering collections, a historic Terry Moogler collection that people that I had been working with in conservation at the time at the Met, went to Paris to work on the beading of some very famous pieces.

So it was like being part of the process or witnessing of it.

It's also where I got to assist as an intern Galeano and his team, Vanessa and the late Steven, where we would get a list of research and understanding that process.

I met the late Vivian Westwood at that time.

And who else? Nick Campbell saw a piece of mine and commissioned me to make clothing.

And I wanted to intern in the Dior studio.

I don't know if I've ever spoken about that.

In this example, even though you've bought three items from three different brands, your money is actually going to the exact same company.

The biggest conglomerate in the industry is LVMH, who owns Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, and Louis Vuitton.

The second biggest conglomerate in the industry is Kering, who owns Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, and YSL.

LVMH is a clear leader with annual earnings of 54 billion euros, over four times the amount of Kering's annual revenue.

But I'm going to get it.

And he did that with my Dior bag.

I just got a Dior bag when I was in Vegas two weeks ago.

And, yeah, he was acting.

Talk about it.

And she had gold wings.

She was wearing a gorgeous gold vintage Dior mini.

And...

Her hair was like the color of the clouds.

I love that word.

She was so crisp and elegant, just an absolute class act.

I was there that night when she wore that chartreuse Dior.

And that blasted her into the stratosphere in terms of fashion.

Away from the show and away from your screen job, what are some of your personal favorites that you personally use? I

have Dior.

It has a foundation, and it's a glowy one.

But I have mixed so many things.

Some of them it has like a white residue or like it's not white it's like something in there that you just go oh what happened.

I tried it myself and then I was like you know what uh that's in my personal bag.

I love their Dior bronzer.

I have that on.

the

powder to defend the Christian Dior store.

Yeah.

And Christian culture more

And then I had to have lunch at Maxime's and drink champagne.

And then I had to smell all the perfume at Dior.

I mean, it was so trying that I took absolutely the very last plane I could to get back here today.

Well, we welcome you back.

AND YES, WHILE PARIS BURNED, MACRON, BY THE WAY, WAS NOT ONLY AT THE CONCERT, BUT HE WAS SINGING ALONG TO CELINE DION.

WE SAW LUXURY BRANDS LIKE DIOR HAVE THEIR OWN, I MEAN, THEY LOOK LIKE SECRET SERVICE.

THEY WERE PUT OUT THERE THEY WERE UNTOUCHED BUT THE NORMAL PEOPLE COULDN'T AFFORD PRIVATE SECURITY BECAUSE THE FRENCH STATE COULD NOT PROTECT THEM AND THAT'S WHY D.O.R. HAD THAT SECURITY BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T RELY ON THE STATE TO PROTECT THEM.

PHILIPPE LEMOINE IS TOTALLY RIGHT.