Christian Dior F/W 14.15 Paris

[FakeFlower]

Many gorgeous pieces, but this is not a fall/winter collection. None of this will keep you warm.

 

[Creative]

Laughable. When I think his collections can't get any worse he manages to prove me wrong.

 

[krncandi]

Sooooooo soooooo borrrrrriiiiinnnnnnggggggg!!!!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

 

[Koibito]

Raf Simons Designs a Dynamic Dior

By SUZY MENKES-FEB. 28, 2014

PARIS — Taut tailoring, but for a feminine body — that was the message at Dior, where the designer Raf Simons reached down to his deep men’s wear fashion roots and made his collection bloom for the French house.

The show was streamlined and modern, the LED lights across the ceiling recreating in flat, changing colors the flowers that Mr. Simons has been embracing since his start at Dior.

But this time everything was stylish, fast-paced, with none of the complex cuts, dipping hemlines and exquisite but fancy embroidery that was his first stab at representing the couture house.

Here, when a hemline rose and fell, it was to give shape and movement to a dress, as the models strode out on their strange shoes, which looked like a combination of children’s blocks.

When did he decide to jettison the superfluous and concentrate on his exceptional tailoring skills?

“I was already attracted to it from the beginning,” said the designer, “but I have to feel comfortable with such a specifically defined silhouette. I needed some time to see how it all slides together.”

This was a collection of clean, clear and certain decisions. There was the architecture, pure and plain. Primary colors — scarlet, bright blue, yellow — were made into arrow-straight coats. The purposeful walks down the runway made even the handbags look like part of a journey to work rather than an aim at the cash registers.

Everything in the collection seemed to be in movement, from the bouncy quilted skirt to dresses that were worn like pinafores over colorful underdresses. A side split up to the waist looked at first as though it could be fastened by a crystal pin, but it was, in fact, two separate pieces of embroidered decoration.

It was the ease of this collection — the brightly colored stoles casually thrown over the arms and the finale of flower-embroidered chiffon dresses worn loosely over T-shirts — that contrasted so vividly with some of the previous, more tortured styles.

This was Dior for the 21st century: easy, elegant and dynamic.

“So we picked the right designer!” said an exultant Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Dior’s parent company. He was off to New York to pick up the David Rockefeller Award from the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday. It will be the first time the prize, given for generosity and advocacy of civic and cultural endeavors, is presented to someone from outside the United States.

nytimes

 

[gossiping]

i thought it was just okay, nothing new here though

the tailoring was bad, but i hate that kind of menswear inspired look anyway, always have always will

 

[JuiceMajor]

An underwhelming collection overall....there is something about his design just feel gimmicky and amateurish...I don't think he is technically gifted!

Alber still the top charter so far in this season!

Also, most of the write up on the Dior website on the collection just read like a lot of conceptual BS to me!

 

[HeatherAnne]

I feel like this collection was literally just designed with celebrities in mind -- very commercial, mostly safe, extremely dull.

 

[Creative]

These monsters need to be burnt.


style

 

[KKnardi]

wow the colors! oh lordt! really cool designs, very sophisticated I really like it

 

[StoneSkipper]

The thing is, I don't think I'll remember those clothes by the end of the season (seeing how close we are to the end, that's saying quite something. Lots of beautifully tailored pieces, of course, and there's a few pops of color that grabbed my attention, but that's it. It doesn't feel desirable or attractive (I've been saying that for a lot of collections this season. Is there something wrong with the designers or is something wrong with me? I guess this just isn't my cup of tea?)

 

[Fatalefashion]

Christian Dior | Fall Winter 2014|2015 | Full Show (Soundtrack)

 

[Morphe]

src: style.com / vogue.it

 

[Morphe]

 

[Morphe]

 

[dodencebt]

There's no denying that there are some beautiful and extremely well executed pieces throughout the collection. However, today I finally realized that I am very bothered by the color palette used in every Dior collection since Raf took over the house and the horrendous styling that is being pushed over and over again.

 

[Morphe]

 

[Zazie]

I find it not as good as his past collections for Dior, he has to bring more to the collections!

 

[YeohRocks]

You can't really judge a collection by it's runway photos. Some people here would rather watch candy wrappers being made into clothes in Moschino than watching a nicely tailored collection. Boring? Yes. Ground breaking? No. But definitely not hideous as some here claim. Some pieces are quite lovely and move well. I'm no Simons fan (I hated his menswear and couture show) but I love some of the pieces here.

 

[rougevalentino]

My expectations were not that high but even still it's still a bit underwhelming. My favourite looks are the layered dresses.

 

[ogepma]

Another great collection from Raf Simons. I absolutely love this although I don't think this is his best at Dior. What I really like about this is that this collection cements the new identity he has created for the house. He has added some power to the Dior woman without sacrificing her femininity and has done so in a very elegant and modern way. This identity is what is relevant for today.