Editor’s Note: To mark Maria Grazia Chiuri’s appointment at Fendi, a homecoming of sorts, we take a look back at her female-friendly work at Christian Dior.

At Christian Dior , Maria Grazia Chiuri worked to turn a legacy house into a home. She had, after all, come from Rome, where she worked with two family businesses, Fendi and Valentino. The first woman to helm the maison that Monsieur Dior built, she was also one of the few female creative directors in luxury. Her approach to the history of the maison was generous and inclusive, making sure to reference all of the head designers (including Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, and John Galliano) who came before her. “If you think only about M. Dior, I think that you have lost your heritage,” she told Vogue ’s Hamish

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