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In the advert, Lawrence describes the meaning behind the collection.

\"One of the main inspirations for this collection is the traditional women riders of Mexico. So I'm really excited that this collection is looking at and celebrating these women's heritage through such a modern lens,\" Lawrence said.

Listen as House muse Jennifer Lawrence and photographer Viviane Sassen discuss the #DiorCruise 2019 campaign. Discover more https://t.co/WViBTc3oyo! pic.twitter.com/oBl3iKNNAk

— Dior (@Dior) October 26, 2018

\"We've been shooting in a beautiful ranch in California with rolling hills, and I can't think of a better landscape to highlight this collection.\"

\"I grew up riding horses, so for me, it reminds of a time before fear. And freedom,\" she added.

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Discover the exclusive video of the #DiorCruise campaign 2019 by #MariaGraziaChiuri, which references the escaramuzas - empowered and highly-skilled Mexican horsewomen - and the female characters of Isabel Allende’s debut novel ‘The House of the Spirits’, all of whom have been an inspiration to our Creative Director. Featuring revisited #DiorSaddle bags, romantic full skirts and embroidered dresses, find out more about the collection on Dior.com! © @FabienBaron

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However, many people are taking issue with the fact that there aren’t any Mexican women in the campaign.

Phoebe Robinson, a comedian and co-host of the \"2 Dope Queens\" podcast, drew major attention to the campaign earlier this week when she reposted the video of Lawrence along with a pointed take in the caption.

\"Lol. Wut?! Sooooooooo, #Dior & #JenniferLawrence wanna celebrate traditional Mexican women riders thru a 'modern lens' ...by having a rich white woman named Jennifer be the face of this campaign?” she wrote alongside a re-post of the campaign video.

“And like they couldn’t think of a better landscape to shoot than in California?! Hmm, I dunno, maybe...like...shoot...in...Mexico...with...a...Mexican...actress like Salma Hayek, Karla Souza, Jessica Alba, Selena Gomez, Eva Longoria, or many others. But I guess they were all unavailable, so you had to go with Jennifer Lawrence.\"

She said that using ‘modern’ to describe the campaign was, \"ignorant and gross,\" and asked her followers to comment with names of Mexican designers she could lend support to.

The post garnered almost 60,000 views and over 1,000 comments.

The collection, which features everything from full skirts and embroidered jackets to corsets and saddlebags, was first revealed during the Cruise 2019 show on May 25, 2018, in France.

For the show, an escaramuza team of eight women on horseback, clad in custom-made Dior dresses, appeared alongside models. It's unclear if any of those on the team were Mexican.

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“The reason I like the escaramuzas is because they do something that is so macho — rodeo — in our vision, but they decided to do that in their traditional dresses which are so pretty, so feminine,” Chiuri told Women’s Wear Daily in May.

We have reached out to Dior and will update when we hear back.

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