page_title: Lady Dior
section_title: Advertising
hierarchical_section_title: Lady Dior / Advertising
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Actress Marion Cotillard — People aux défilés de Haute-Couture, Paris, le 6 Juillet 2009. Collection Automne-Hiver 2009/2010. English: Actress Marion Cotillard at the 2009/2010 Haute Couture Autumn-Winter collection in Paris
context_page_description: Lady Dior is a commercial name given to a handbag by the Christian Dior company in honor of Diana, Princess of Wales.
context_section_description: Chosen by designer John Galliano, French actress Marion Cotillard became the face of Lady Dior in 2008, a role she played until 2017.
  In addition to multiple publications in the press photos by Peter Lindbergh, Craig McDean, Tim Walker and Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Marion Cotillard has appeared in several short film commercials mainly intended to be  released on the internet. The first was The Lady Noire Affair made by Olivier Dahan, followed by Lady Rouge by Jonas Åkerlund. The latter followed a series of photos by Annie Leibovitz. Next came Lady Blue Shanghai, a sixteen-minute film by David Lynch. Two more films, Lady Grey London, with Ian McKellen, and L.A.dy Dior were made by John Cameron Mitchell. The actress recalled,"I suggested this director to Dior. They didn't know him, but they haven't wanted to let him go since!"
  The CEO of Christian Dior Couture, Sidney Toledano, has said of these short films that the "strategic objective is to make people dream by telling beautiful stories".
  In 2012, Cotillard starred in the web-series Lady Dior Web Documentary and wrote and performed the song "Lily's body" for one episode. She also designed her own handbag for Lady Dior, the "360° bag".
  In 2014, Cotillard wrote and co-directed alongside Eliott Bliss, a music video for her song "Snapshot in LA", especially for Lady Dior's campaign "Enter The Game – Dior Cuise 2015".
caption: Marion Cotillard was the face of the Lady Dior handbag from 2008 to 2017.
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