Harpers Bazaar UK April2020

(Jacob Rumans) #1

Right: leather coat,
£5,300; leather
bag, £3,000,
both Dior


Left: silk and cotton
dress, £3,000;
cotton shirt, £1,050;
leather boots, £1,290;
cotton socks, £350;
brass and crystal
necklace, £850, all
Dior. Right: Regini
and her mother
Maria Grazia Chiuri

are sponges – they capture everything. We
would give each other books to read, like
having a book club between the two of
us.’ Chiuri went on to include Nochlin’s
quote on a Breton-striped shirt for Dior’s
spring/summer 2018 collection – a typic-
ally courageous move that epitomises her
belief in fashion as a force
for female empowerment.
‘Everyone has this idea that
Dior is a feminine brand, but
the notion of femininity has
changed so much in the past
20 years,’ Regini says. ‘So, it
made sense for my mum to
say, let’s look at what it
means today and present
that to everyone.’
The pair’s shared passion
for feminist literature and history is reflected
in the contents of Regini’s bookshelves,
which feature authors such as Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie (Chiuri’s friend and collabo-
rator), Zadie Smith, Germaine Greer, Erica
Jong, Virginia Woolf, Shulamith Firestone
and Simone de Beauvoir. Her apartment is

also home to a collection of colourful objets
d’art, including a Mexican-inspired skull
covered in mosaic tiles that she found in a
fleamarket in Pasadena, Cali-
fornia, and prints by female
artists including the fashion
photographer Deb orah Turb-
e ville. In the master bedroom,
there is a floor-to-ceiling neon
light shaped into the word
‘peace’ in 12 different lan-
guages, and above the bed
are cushions knitted by the
wives of World War I soldiers,
discovered at a vintage fair
and now displayed in glass cases.
A rummage inside Regini’s wardrobe
reveals an assortment of retro clothes, along-
side the latest Dior designs, including a fluffy
shearling coat and biker boots. ‘My mum is
crazy about vintage and has been taking me
to fairs and shops since I was four. I buy so
much of it!’ she says. Sacai, Isabel Marant
and Miu Miu are other favourites, as well as
Levi’s for its Re/Done jeans. Her jewellery
box includes earrings by the Italian brand
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