MUSE.TV / Fashion & Film
Dior on MUSE.TV
Your cue to a little imagination.
Christian Dior’s Night in Color
Couture meets animation in a short film directed by Sylvain Chomet and narrated by Robert Pattinson. Press play, then meet the voices behind its characters.
The story
After dark at the atelier.
The story opens in Paris in 1949. A request from Hollywood for a Marlene Dietrich dress interrupts a winter night at Dior’s atelier. Bees, a chair and a lucky star join the adventure.
Our invitation: enjoy the unlikely cast first, then return to the backgrounds, gestures and small visual jokes. A second look can become a different experience.
The voices
A familiar voice. An unexpected character.
- Robert Pattinson
- Narrator
- Louis Garrel
- Christian Dior
- Camille Cottin
- Marlene Dietrich
- Rihanna
- The Lucky Star
- Josh O’Connor
- The Médaillon Chair
- LaKeith Stanfield
- Ron, the Hollywood director
Behind the scenes
Drawn into the details.
Dior’s making-of feature describes months of hand-drawn animation, with characters animated separately and assembled against the backgrounds.
That process gives us another way to look: treat a frame as an illustration. Let your eye wander beyond the main character and notice what the setting contributes.
Your cue / Play along
Choose your part in the story.
Three small invitations from MUSE.TV. Open a card and take another look.
Steal the scene
Which character would you give an encore? Choose for personality, delivery or the smallest gesture. Your favorite doesn’t have to be the star.
Look behind them
Pause on a frame you like. Ignore the main action for a moment and explore the background. Which detail would you bring into your own sketchbook?
Make your entrance
If you could step into this animated world, what would announce your arrival: a silhouette, a color, a soundtrack or a perfectly timed line?