Christian Dior F/W 05.06 Paris

[Spacemiu]

not very good

The mode ls look like lil' kim:eek:

 

[metal-on-metal]

An old era for Dior; the wackiness that Galliano brought was what was new and fresh. Galliano's gone all flacid on us...I mean, it's still big but...what a waste

I agree. I'd even take last fall's teddy boy collection over this stuff. At least it was interesting and creative and fun. This is just so bland and boring. I don't even care enough to dislike it. I'm totally indifferent.

I can't wait for style.com to hail this as the single best show of the season! They love their advertising dollars!

 

[Spike413]

I love the pieces, especially all of those long fluid gowns towards the end paired with biker jackets, but the presentation is lacking. He can make the collection about the clothes but he could've done so much more with the show, even in a subtle way.......as a collection though, i love it, except those striped pieces.

 

[morgan38]

I don't really get the striped dresses, but it's still a decent collection

 

[Nemova]

Some outfits are a little.. well... bling bling. Had he put some gold chains and rings and JLo would be able to pull them off.

 

[brian]

the collection is now up on style.com

PARIS, March 1, 2005 – John Galliano, subdued? Surely not. But it's true: A back-to-basics attitude is sweeping through the house of Dior. Abandoning the freaky makeup and vertiginous footwear of so many seasons past, Galliano turned his fall ready-to-wear show into an exhaustive commercial workout of his last couture collection—from the mod sixties vibe right through to the romantic Empire look.

It started with black-and-white striped, laddered Edie Sedgwick mohair knits, worn with baker-boy caps, flat, pointy crocodile knee boots, and fishnets. Those quickly became a device for showing off the staple jackets Galliano has brought to the party: cutaway tail coats, biker jackets with Napoleonic collars, and his reinterpretation of Dior's seminal New Look Bar jacket. From there, he segued into shearling aviators, and brown crocodile and leather, sending out a high-belted maxi coat that knowingly checked another box on the season's trend sheet. Next up: gorgeous russet, dusty-pink, and burnt-orange velvets, followed by dresses in silver/gray, delicate pink, and grape, distilling the rococo delicacy of his couture into believable partywear. The remix heavily underscored the cash value of the wearable classics Galliano has added to the house's bottom line, which have been willfully obscured over years of apparently insane experimentation. So here, at last, is an accurate picture of Dior ready-to-wear. It is what it is; but we will have to wait for Galliano's next couture show to glimpse where it's going next.

– Sarah Mower

 

[brian]

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[pradaromance]

lovely details...
I sort of like that he did pieces that could work with things from s/s...I could totally pair a pair of the s/s dior monogram mary-janes with flower embroidery with the f/w tan frame bag with brown leather flower and pink flowe hardware, or the s/s red plain leather detective bags with a f/w red cutout pump with tortoise heel and croc details.

but, i am not a fan of the shearling bags...but those flat boots are very nice looking, i like the shape.

I love the ring necklaces and mother of pearl sunglasses

 

[ignitioned32]

I'm like metal, I'm totally indifferent to the collection. Maybe because it's predictably watered down from the Haute Couture collection. It's so commercial and the dresses made Hilton-esque I don't even bother to care.

 

[Nader]

I really like it

 

[Cirque Paris]

I'm loving this whole new wearable direction Galliano is taking.
Does he always have a bodyguard with him on the catwalk - just noticed it

I've noticed the bodyguards before, too...

Wow, I this collection! It is fabulous! But I just love John almost no matter what he does... a lot of the chances he takes, though I cannot say all. Even when I can find myself disappointed, I still have a strong appreciation for his vision anyway.

The makeup is quite minimal... I must say that this collection is a nice shift from what he usually does.

 

[saturnine]

Criminal.

 

[amchan]

can't say i love it, but i appreciate that the clothes are wearable~

 

[metal-on-metal]

but, i am not a fan of the shearling bags...but those flat boots are very nice looking, i like the shape.

I agree that those boots are great. But it's a shape that John used extensively in his late 90's couture collections. So it's hardly anything new. I think a lot of this collection is about revisiting old ideas that worked well, rather than exploring some new territory. And that's why I think it fails.