Inspired by traditional Mexican craftsmanship, the colorful Spring-Summer 2018 embroidered Dior 'Book Tote' bag requires more than thirty-two hours of work and over one million two hundred thousand stitches. With its relief-effect "Christian Dior Paris" signature in black, the bag is that instant must-have of the season. See inside the ateliers in which it was born and go on.dior.com/ss18 for more. | Dior

Starting with a detailed studio sketch, discover how the 'Dior Book Tote' on.dior.com/dior-book-tote by Maria Grazia Chiuri is created using a variety of traditional and technical savoir-faire. Canvas is machine embroidered with more than a million minute stitches to recreate the iconic 'Dior Oblique' motif and characteristic 'Christian Dior' signature band before individual elements, including handles, are formed by skilled artisans and the whole assembled into a modern must-have. © Pol Baril |

Discover the Dior savoir-faire that goes into the creation of a Dior Book Tote in the 'Dior Palms' motif, new for Spring-Summer 2021 on.dior.com/ss21 by Maria Grazia Chiuri. This tropical interpretation of the traditional toile de Jouy pattern is recreated through an advanced mechanical embroidery process, covering plain canvas in hundreds of thousands of tiny colorful stitches, with the resulting textile meticulously assembled by the House's skilled artisans into this contemporary classic. Made

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