I missed JCM's other article, very much discussing how boring fashion is, it's got a name, apparently, Blandstanding, tbh, all these quotes from interviews with the designers in that article makes them sound creatively burned out, definitely feels like the technocrats have taken over.
Back to the Chiuri article, Flo, my mother was prone to this (and potentially I have this blind spot too) so maybe I'm just projecting, but it feels like she's revising history to suit the narrative of today. By the sound of it she grew up in a working class family that wasn't particularly religious, probably were involved or flirted with socialism and/or communism which wasn't uncommon post Mussolini and therefore when it came to womens' rights issues it aligned with feminism. Is that a feminist household, technically, probably, maybe, but in her telling it's like her parents were reading The Feminine Mystique to her at bedtime.
There's more I take issue with (bloody skyscrapers, it's just the most efficient form of engineering, just be glad we don't call tunnels womb or vagina like already). Also, the Catherine Dior book is still somewhat fresh in my memory, she had no interest in fashion so this whole revision of Christian Dior made voluminous clothing to make emaciated women like his sister feel better about themselves is more proof (to me) of this revision as if Christian Dior was some sort of body positivity champion ahead of his time. Catherine Dior was mostly into flowers and wore very functional clothing to garden in. He made the Miss Dior perfume for her, so there's a kernel of truth somewhere.
I don't see her making adult human female t-shirts anytime soon, far more likely the opposing mantra. I do wonder if it'll ever come to a head over that issue between them and Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche.