AOC Taps Debra Shaw in Dior Cruise 2025 for a History Lesson on Pre-Christian Scottish Women
/AOC Taps Debra Shaw in Dior Cruise 2025 for a History Lesson on Pre-Christian Scottish Women
Maria Grazia Chiuri staged her Dior Cruise 2025 show in the gardens of Drummond Castle in Scotland, with bagpipes making the occasion. The winter Luxe issue of Grazia UK [IG] features top model Debra Shaw wearing key pieces from the Dior Cruise 2025 collection, lensed by Silvana Trevale [IG] at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland.
Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri Always Finds the Unique Makers for Her Collections
In fashion we concentrate so much on shape Grazia said, but textiles are a big part of our job—what you can do with them, and the changes you can make through them.” So, Chiuri went to the traditional—the tartan and cashmeres, the tweeds and the Argyles—and deftly filtered them into a collection which variously drew on the geopolitics of fabrics.
Chiuri’s collection and brief history lesson took AOC on a breakthrough journey into the history of women in Scotland and beyond. Anne never intended to land in a deep-dive into the Middle Ages. In fact, that’s exactly where our Gleneagles Defender landed.
Read MoreDebra Shaw in 'Red Hot' Fall Fashion Lensed by Fabien Montique in The Sunday Times Style
/In the words of Laura Craik, writing for The Sunday Times Style magazine September 3, 2023, Debra Shaw “thrums with good energy”. A key reason for Shaw’s longevity as a couture model lies in her humanist spirit.
Fabien Montique [IG] captures Shaw in the fashion story ‘Red Hot’, wearing Celine by Hedi Slimane on the cover. Note an outtake from Montique that is very VROOM VROOM. “I like wearing red — it’s a powerful colour,” says Shaw.
For AOC, Shaw’s self-analysis of her secret to her longevity is a life lesson for all of us. It involves:
“. . . being open, being flexible and not having the ego involved in areas that it doesn’t need to be involved in. You can have the ego on stage because that helps the performance, but coming in and demanding things? That doesn’t work with this [younger] generation. It should never have worked, because the reality is we’re all pulling together. So be a team player.”
Read MoreDebra Shaw Wears Holiday Glamour Elegance Lensed by Nico Bustos for S Moda November
/Model icon Debra Shaw is styled in sleek holiday elegance by Juan Cebrian. Nico Bustos [IG] captures Shaw wearing Blumarine, Carolina Herrera, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Encinar, Gucci, Prada and Valentino in S Moda for El Pais November 2021./ Hair by Tie Toyama; makeup by Carole Hannah
Read Debra Shaw interview on S Moda for El Pais.
Debra Shaw Delights in Harper's Bazaar US August 2021 by Charlie Engman
/Debra Shaw Delights in Harper's Bazaar US August 2021 by Charlie Engman
Top model Debra Shaw is styled by Vittoria Cerciello in ‘Through The Looking Glass’. Photographer Charlie Engman [IG] captures the surreal images of delightful, beautiful co-existence between humans and the animal kingdom for Harper’s Bazaar US August 2021. One hopes that the clothes are all sustainable but AOC can’t verify the possibility. Hair by Latisha Chong; makeup by Tracy Alfajora
Debra Shaw Poses in Fall 2020 Haute Couture for CR Fashion Book
/Debra Shaw Poses in Fall 2020 Haute Couture for CR Fashion Book
Top model Debra Shaw strolls through the empty streets of Paris, accompanied by young Elijah in a reflection on being fully present during the world’s first-ever Haute Couture Fashion Week gone digital. Marie Cheiakh styles Debra in Alexandre Vauthier, Chanel, Maison Margiela and more lensed by Fabien Montique for CR Fashion Book.