Christian Dior Cruise 2026 and Haute Couture F/W 2025.26 Rome

[Scotty]

Some of these dresses were in Galliano’s last too.

 

[chalayan]

Some of these dresses were in Galliano’s last too.

the prêt-à-porter for autumn-winter 2011?

 

[Squizree]

I'd LIKE to think that she's part of a much grander corporate strategy where she's LVMH autopilot horse designed to build appetite for and set up for the arrival of a much more vibrant designer.

 

[Squizree]

 

[theshadedgaze]

An ocean of banality. It makes me hate the entire house. I want to stop using my Dior skincare because of how dull the fashion has been for years now.
Time for my broken record statement, I miss John Galliano for Dior so much. I know, I know it’s been said a million times and it’s been 14 years since he left. But oh my goodness how sad this all is. One can only hope for a brighter, more creative future.

 

[chalayan]

Time for my broken record statement, I miss John Galliano for Dior so much. I know, I know it’s been said a million times and it’s been 14 years since he left. But oh my goodness how sad this all is. One can only hope for a brighter, more creative future.

somehow a 24-year-old collection like this is more relevant and contemporary than anything maria showed.

 

[carla56]

It's definitely a Swansong as is part resort and part couture (Vogue runway present it as couture fall 2025), so it means we won't have a couture by JWA in July... I'm a bit sad because I think a debut with couture, especially at a house like Dior adds more importance to te momentum...

 

[Xone]

The film make a good job disguising the snoozefest of the collection. The runway pictures on the other hand, bring us to reality....a couple of looks were nice,ok passable...but yes everything is very bland and boring...

Hopefully JWA will approach his Dior for a woman and not a teen girl...

 

[Creative]

Everybody knows that I hate was she does and that her being CD at Dior is way worse than Lilo at Ungaro for me (way worse), but it might be her best collection ever. Considering how sloppy, plain and lazy her style is, it looks that she put a little bit more effort and some of it was even sophisticated, a word I would never use to describe her pieces.

There was a dress, quite Raf Simons style, that was super cute. I can imagine a northern blond billionaire looking amazing with it.

I hope this is her last show. Can’t wait for the announcement.

In another note, the villa is majestic… Italy is just another world in terms of beauty.

 

[Vikingtop]

I like the mood of the movie, everything is exquisite, but the fashion not so much.... boring.....

 

[Xone]

 

[Salvatore]

Individually there are some lovely looks in there, but it's nearly the same thing over and over again as usual. I do like the final look as I am a sucker for all things Ancient Rome.

 

[helmutnotdead]

of course she literally waited until her last collection to show some effort. her mind 🛐

 

[TaylorBinque]

If this is her last collection at Dior, she definitely has spiced it up. Some looks are quite a departure from her Dior but actually remind me a lot of her Valentino. Actually, it's a very admirable effort. She does go out with a bang, by her standard.

 

[dieinmytabis]

(thank god)

 

[fenty]

Thank you MGC for terrorizing us for the past decade, sashay away!

 

[DK92]

It makes perfect sense for her to do a RTW collection with HC, because the looks from her HC collections always looked RTW!

 

[Phuel]

Individually there are some lovely looks in there, but it's nearly the same thing over and over again as usual. I do like the final look as I am a sucker for all things Ancient Rome.

The classic tailored offerings of riding coats, tuxedo jackets, and trench coats in clever, feminine and feline proportions are absolutely solid, no-nonsense separates that are worthy investments for women to make it all their own, instead of being comically drowned by clownish and desperate peacocking dragwear that’s plagued fashion for what passes as style and individuality these days. She’s always been solid in that sense. And also her most despised strength LOL I’d gladly take hers over the desperate silliness and juvenile gimmicks of Vuitton/Valentino/Prada etc …If only her campaigns didn’t resemble department-store window displays, she’d have made a more appreciated impression for her tenure.

But also absolutely boring when the masterclass classic offerings are drowned out in a showing of a hundred looks, and all dominated by dusty, lacey, embroidered mother-of-the-bride strong whiffs on a cast of cloned sales associates. Her shows have always been on the spectrum of cringe to snooze. It’s unfortunate that she didn’t also lead Dior menswear, her mature and no-nonsense versions of classic menswear would have been potentially very good. Hope she’ll be installed at a brand that appreciates and encourages her tailoring and pragmatic strengths rather than force her hilariously non-existent creative vision-- because, she's one of those designers whose offerings will infinitely look better on a hanger, or on a wooden faceless mannequin.

 

[Olaffo]

So if it’s Cruise and HC then JWA is doing menswear and then RTW in September yes ?

 

[Salvatore]

So if it’s Cruise and HC then JWA is doing menswear and then RTW in September yes ?

I cannot imagine Dior not showing during the official Haute Couture week. My guess is that JWA has been quietly/discreetly working on haute couture and that the team will have a short amount of time to assemble an abbreviated collection. Just my speculation.