 |
A less extravagant show this season from Dior, in a neo-contemporary setting. This year marks the centenary of Christian Dior's birth and fashionistas were treated to a hit parade of the House's finest moments projected onto screens behind the runway. A sixties-inspired look for daytime saw models trooping out in black and white minis, acid colours and trench coats with giant buttons, with crocodile as a running theme texture-wise.
Galliano went back to his British roots for eveningwear, with voluminous Victorian-style dresses, puff skirts and Empire-line waists. Hemlines dropped considerably later in the show, with Renaissance muses straight out of a Flemish masterpiece by Vermeer,Rembrandt or Van Eick. Bias-cut, layered and emroidered to within an inch of their lives, these dresses had a certain weight in their lightness. Shades of striking red were offset with virginal white later in the collection, which will no doubt make many a dent in couture wallets, despite the movement towards 'couture à porter'.
Galliano still has the magic touch.
|
|
|
by PMM and KM
Photos: Dior
|
|
Email this page to a friend
