Christian Dior Haute Couture F/W 05 Paris

[fashionaddict]

quite frankly im not impressed with this collection however the grey dress is stunning, the black/half naked dresses look horrendous even for haute couture!

 

[fashionaddict]

ok i tkae back my previous post this collection is rather stunning (just got the latest pics) the colours r wonderful and intricatley mixed pure brilliance horray for galliano!!

 

[Mr-Dale]

I still love it all. It just makes perfect sense to me. And to me, this is the Galliano I fell in love with 2 years ago. I hadn't realy seen that Galliano for a long time. The half-finished dresses are realy gorgeous and so are all the big princess dresses, like the one on Hana. Just perfect. The black nude dresses are realy beautiful too. Simple, yet beautiful. The one on Anastassia is my favourite of the black nudes. Can't wait to see the vid and here the music. I read in a review that in the music you hear Monsieur Dior telling about how he wanted to be an architect and how he uses that motivation in constructing dresses and all. That sounds realy cool.

 

[Mr-Dale]

Here's that review:

PARIS (AFP) - John Galliano paid tribute to Christian Dior, who would have been 100 years old this year, by showcasing the creative strength of haute couture with a spectacular winter collection for the label.

Galliano set his show in a haunted forest with trees and overturned statues covered with spider webs -- nothing like the lush garden at Dior's estate in Granville on France's northwest coast, site of a major centenary exhibition honoring the legendary designer.
The British designer now at the helm of the storied French label launched his autumn-winter 2005-06 show by sending out a horse-drawn carriage, from which emerged an elegant lady and a little boy -- Dior's mother and Christian.

Then came the models, each with their chests encased in flesh-colored corsets, the starting point in a couture atelier for the construction of each handcrafted, made-to-measure piece.

From beyond the grave, Dior explained in a voiceover how he wanted to be an architect, calling the cut of a dress the most important element in the process, without which the meters of fabric would be just "tasteless excess".

Galliano proceeded with a skillful demonstration of Dior's rule in a whirling mass of transparent tulle, creating breath-taking voluminous gowns that illustrated the importance of nips, tucks and draping.

He then paid tribute to Dior's "New Look", which revolutionized couture in the 1940s, before mixing it up with traditional Peruvian dress. Galliano said a trip to Peru had helped him see the "similarities" between the two styles.

Thus, plain tulle dresses were embellished with intricate embroidery, and ballerinas straight out of a Degas painting abandoned their white tutus for multi-colored dresses.

Princess and "virgin" gowns, like a pleated pale pink number or a white embroidered dress with butterfly wings, allowed Galliano to further explore the concept of volume. He called upon top models Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Eva Herzigova to play the role of Hollywood vamps.

The British designer earned a standing ovation for his efforts from a bevy of A-list stars in the front row, including actresses Charlize Theron, Drew Barrymore and Zhang Ziyi, as well as pop princess Christina Aguilera

 

[couture_not_war]

MR_dale

DO you know where you can read the review for this dior couture show???
thanks would be greatly apprciated!

 

[Spike413]

It makes more sense now, when I saw the picture with the little boy I figured it had something to do with Dior's childhood, and the shapes certainly recall Dior's 10 years in couture. I could have lived without the Peruvian influences, but then it wouldn't be Galliano, would it?

So far though there are so many looks I love and I cannot wait to see it all, especially the video, it looks like a beautiful production.

 

[AlexN]

i love that too.

me three

 

[Incroyable]

Galliano seems to be on a Belle Epoque fix.

With the Klimtian Vennia Secession silhouettes, mousquetaires, and the Ludwig of Bavaria crown complete with Bernini rays.

Also present , it seemed, were elements of the Bar Suit, and Carmel Snow's New Look.

A bit of the Westwood note?

Mostly Cafe Society, and Vive la Cocotte.

 

[Spike413]

me three

Me four, that is easily my favorite piece in the entire collection.

 

[Ghost]

count me out this time. i think the dresses are very confusing and i don't know where should i start. waiting for so many months

 

[liberty33r1b]

great review, thanks for posting. he surely deserved a standing ovation for this collection!

 

[LostInNJ]

Some of the dresses work for me, others don't...the theatrics are back!

 

[tiffany]

love it - the set, the craftsmanship - the fact that the pieces look like they are in the process of being created

 

[Foxie-Pooh]

What's Christina doing there? Shopping for her wedding dress? Ho ho ho...is she replacing Gwen as John's muse?

 

[eternitygoddess]

Oh my oh my oh my, FABULOUS. I LOVE the setting, it looks like something right out of a storybook, utterly enchanting.

No one pulls a show like John Galliano.

 

[AudiEC]

Yea the theatrics are back! I called the Andean influence, although I would have much preferred Galliano to visit my country (Ecuador) instead of Peru.

The deconstructed dresses seem like a good excuse to use when you don't have much time to present a collection (Understandable considering that just last Friday was his men's collection).

Does anyone else think this collection resembles Fall 2000 Haute Couture. In fact the woman in the carriage resembles the woman at the beginning of that show.

(FirstView)

There seems to be no clear theme. It shifts from Dior's childhood to nude dresses to the Peruvian mountains. Kinda seems random and abrupt, much like the sequence of dresses in his 2000 show.

 

[Spike413]

Yes, it does bear a resemblence to the first section of that collection, but like that collection there is a clear theme here as well. Unfortunately, since the photos aren't sequential and it isn't of the entire collection, it's hard to see what the theme may be.

As for deconstruction being a lazy attempt to create a dress, deconstruction is usually more involved then basic construction because normal patterns wont suffice and cutting fabric becomes more challenging...though it may not seem like it, the deconstructed pieces are much more complex than they look.

 

[eternitygoddess]

There seems to be no clear theme. It shifts from Dior's childhood to nude dresses to the Peruvian mountains. Kinda seems random and abrupt, much like the sequence of dresses in his 2000 show.

It did have a theme:
Galliano took the audience through the stages of Dior's life in 43 gowns starting with Edwardian dresses in austere greys worn with enormous hats, a section called "Dior's mother."
A model dressed as British Princess Margaret wore a ribbon embroidered ecru tulle dress with 3-D parrots over a flesh colored corset, in a section evoking outfits Dior designed for high society debutantes.

Another seven outfits, such as a turquoise embroidered yellow tulle dress, paid tribute to outfits worn by past Hollywood film stars such as Ginger Rogers.

A multicolored wool embroidered green tulle dress which Galliano said drew on a Degas painting was a particular hit with the crowd.

 

[j´adore dior]

As for deconstruction being a lazy attempt to create a dress, deconstruction is usually more involved then basic construction because normal patterns wont suffice and cutting fabric becomes more challenging...though it may not seem like it, the deconstructed pieces are much more complex than they look.[/QUOTE]

exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!, i was going to say something similar / i´ve just saw some seconds of the show on the french news, and the set is very much like a runway but with smoke, statues and the sort of garden on the back, but it still look like a runway, not like those sets from the past, i mean, there´s a mix between them, like what he has been doing recently, and as far as i saw, the begining is very lavenderish i guess, it seems like it continues with the deconstruction and it moves to color and folklore in 43 looks.

 

[pandinha]

Now that's the Galliano I know... Theatric presentation and absurd - but beautiful - clothes !