Actress Marion Cotillard turns her hand to designing to create a new handbag for luxury brand Dior
- Cotillard is already the face of Lady Dior handbags
- Is collaborating on the 360 Degree Bag
- Dior releases behind-the-scenes video of Cotillard's design process
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She is the French, Oscar-winning actress who won hearts with her turn as Edith Piaf in Oliver Dahan's La Vie En Rose in 2007.
They are the French luxury fashion brand founded in 1946.
Together they have already formed a beautiful friendship with Marion Cotillard being the face of the Lady Dior leather bag line. And the pair are now taking their relationship one step further as the actress has been invited to design her own handbag for the range.
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Marion Cotillard, already the face of Lady Dior handbags, is collaborating with the luxury brand to create a design of her own for the line
A behind-the-scenes video released by Dior reveals exactly how the design process for the bag - named The 360 Degree Bag - is coming along.
Naturally, it's in French, but the subtitles tell us that Cotillard will be putting her own personal spin on the Lady Dior arm candy.
She explains in the three-minute video that she is 'torn between a rock and roll type or something extremely simple'.
VIDEO: WATCH MARION COTILLARD DESIGNING HER LADY DIOR BAG...
Cotillard accepting her Best Actress Oscar in 2008, left, and a current Lady Dior bag, right
She goes on to say that she would like to put a 'strong Dior symbol on it', and that she 'adores houndstooth', quilting, knots and a big letter 'O'.
The short documentary also shows Cotillard getting inspiration from trees, a number of catwalk shows and music.
'It was, of course, completely natural that Marion Cotillard would go on to design her own bag, her personal Lady Dior, as modern as it is timeless'
A statement on Dior's website read: 'She has been the face of the Lady Dior bag since 2008, the epitome of a sophisticated and vibrant woman.
'It was, of course, completely natural that Marion Cotillard would go on to design her own bag, her personal Lady Dior, as modern as it is timeless.'
The 37-year-old is loyal to Christian's company by rarely being pictured wearing any other designer at red carpet events.
A statement on Dior's website read: 'She has been the face of the Lady Dior bag since 2008, the epitome of a sophisticated and vibrant woman
On the behind-the-scenes video Cotillard says she would like to put a strong Dior symbol on the bag, and that she adores houndstooth, quilting and knots
A statement on Dior's website called Cotillard 'the epitome of a sophisticated and vibrant woman'
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