What You Need to Know
Dior brought in British sculptor Alex Chinneck to create a series of installations for its flagship stores in New York City and Beverly Hills. Known for large-scale sculptures that bend and distort familiar objects into surreal forms, Chinneck applied that approach to two distinct visual worlds. In New York, the work draws from the city’s own iconography, with yellow taxis and streetlamps twisted into impossible shapes that feel familiar but off in just the right way. In Beverly Hills, five sculptures shift into a more cinematic register, reworking cars, ornamental lamps and architectural details into fluid forms that borrow the softness of couture fabric.
The collaboration connects to Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson’s debut cruise show, which leaned into the house’s relationship with Hollywood and American glamour. Chinneck’s installations extend that conversation beyond the runway and into the retail spaces themselves, turning both flagships into something closer to galleries. The work reflects a shared sensibility between Chinneck and Anderson, both drawn to design that bends rules and rewards a second look.
