| Today it is the turn of Miss Dior muse Natalie Portman to unveil, in an exclusive video, the favourite reads she slips into her Dior Book Tote bag – a timeless icon – embellished with the entrancing Mexico Millefiori motif.
A unique encounter, at the crossroads of writing and fashion, in the magnificent Labrouste room of the emblematic Bibliothèque Nationale de France1.
The actress reveals her most memorable literary experiences2: from Benjamín Labatut’s stunning When We Cease to Understand the World, to Italian novelist Elena Ferrante’s unmissable My Brilliant Friend, to Rebecca Solnit’s inspiring Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities and Susan Sontag’s captivating On Photography.
Among her (re)discoveries, Natalie Portman also delves into Todd Haynes: Chimères américaines (Todd Haynes: American Chimeras), by Judith Revault-d’Allonnes and Amélie Galli, featuring shots that trace the filmmaker’s virtuoso career. An ode to the power of books, reflecting Dior’s passion for creation and beauty in all forms. | | 1. The Richelieu branch of the national library, Paris. | 2. Works mentioned in the video: Todd Haynes. American Chimeras, Judith Revault-d’Allonnes and Amélie Galli, De l’incidence éditeur, 2023; On Photography, Susan Sontag, Penguin Classics, 2008; When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamín Labatut, Pushkin Press, 2021; My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Novels, Book One, Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, 2012; Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, Rebecca Solnit, Canongate Books, 2016; Shirin Neshat, Stammer Sxhmitz, Steidl Verlag, 2007. |
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