Christian Dior Haute Couture S/S 2005 Paris

[cosmocat]

Although this collection was disjointed, I was very pleased to see that he had changed the presentation of the show, especially the make up which was getting so old. I liked the little jackets, quite ready to wear but the construction looked really good. I'm sure the white dresses at the end will translate brilliantly to the red carpet, or an upcoming celebrity wedding...

 

[Galliano guy]

i like it i mean some of the clothes are beautiful but i dont think a lot of it is couture standard, its probably made at the same high standard but the overall look is too rtw imoi adore the hats! they're gorgeous (to bad galliano doesnt make them)

 

[Mr-Dale]

That's the beauty of couture these days: there is no standard

 

[Galliano guy]

it also seemed a bit to forced like he's trying to hard to make it wearable ? (i'll probably change my mind about that later)

 

[softgrey]

Balenciaga fall winter 2004 Dior Hautre Couture spring 2005

Dior Haute Couture spring 2005 Balenciaga fall winter 2004

That's what came up in my mind immediately....

and mine too!!!...
...well done melody...thx for the pics...

 

[softgrey]

wwd...highlights...

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

On Monday, haute’s ... renegade laureate, Dior’s John Galliano, presented the kind of dichotomy that fashion lovers find divine. the Warhol Factory-where-pregnant-girls-channel-the-Empress Josephine angle.
Galliano takes a more Napoleonic approach to fashion: Ride a dazzling campaign to the heights of pure fashion and let the business follow, or go down in a blaze of glory. Happily, Waterloo can wait, because the Dior collection Galliano showed for spring was spectacular. Difficult, mais oui, in that Galliano-at-his-best kind of way, so much so that it left one editor to ponder, “So beautiful, but for where?” For anywhere, really, including the biggest of big evenings, minus, of course, faux-pregnancy poufs. .
Galliano started with a Warhol fantasy realized in both obvious (the tinfoil Factory set and fab Edie Sedgwick-worthy day clothes) and “I-don’t-get-it” references (courtly red frock coats, highly decorated yet worn in tatters). But really you do get it, once you learn of the Bob Dylan quote, “Andy [Warhol] is Napoleon in rags,” and John brought in a live rock band to make the point.
Still, neither Andy nor Boney would have mattered if the clothes hadn’t dazzled. Which brings us to that beguiling lady of the night, Josephine. She wore an amazing array of embroidered white Empire dresses, some under equally elaborate coats and jackets. And more often than not, she wore them in the family way. Which is not necessarily the easiest way to convince Jane Q. Movie Star that, gee, maybe I’ll look thin in that dress on TV.
But Galliano is fearless. He knows how to do hourglass; he did it last season, and last weekend, for the Trump wedding. He wants to move on, whether the haute-wearing elite are ready or not, and his pregnant posers just pushed the point.


faux-pregnancy poufs. ... ...i was right...

 

[purplelucrezia]

I love it all though...

 

[purplelucrezia]

Because this is my favourite collection, for a very long time.

 

[Estella*]

i admire you people for being so fast! i think i have to let the impressions get settled before i can really judge...but so far i am relieved that it is not the overdose i expected, it is beautiful, i like the coulours and i love the bob dylan quote!

 

[Foxie-Pooh]

Hey Malenia could get one of those pregnant Josephine dress when she gets pregnated...if ever

 

[Ms. Diorella]

I love it all though...

I Knew that you'd love it Purple ! I'm still dying to see the video haha!

I'm so in love with this bag, crocodile detective bag I want one!!!!

 

[softgrey]

Hey Malenia could get one of those pregnant Josephine dress when she gets pregnated...if ever

you read my mind...
i actually saw an interview with the two of them and they said they're definitely planning kids...so maybe john's planning ahead?....

 

[Spike413]

Oh good god, that kids gonna come out with a comb-over and botox injections.....blech

But hey, could we expect much else from that monkey and his trophy?

 

[Foxie-Pooh]

i don't think comb-over and botox injections are hereditory but who knows...they are so rich they could probably geneticly engineer their own child...maybe they could even slice in a "jadore dior" gene

 

[luxmode]

i don't think comb-over and botox injections are hereditory but who knows...they are so rich they could probably geneticly engineer their own child...maybe they could even slice in a "jadore dior" gene

 

[Spike413]

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

On Monday, haute’s ... renegade laureate, Dior’s John Galliano, presented the kind of dichotomy that fashion lovers find divine. the Warhol Factory-where-pregnant-girls-channel-the-Empress Josephine angle.
Galliano takes a more Napoleonic approach to fashion: Ride a dazzling campaign to the heights of pure fashion and let the business follow, or go down in a blaze of glory. Happily, Waterloo can wait, because the Dior collection Galliano showed for spring was spectacular. Difficult, mais oui, in that Galliano-at-his-best kind of way, so much so that it left one editor to ponder, “So beautiful, but for where?” For anywhere, really, including the biggest of big evenings, minus, of course, faux-pregnancy poufs. .
Galliano started with a Warhol fantasy realized in both obvious (the tinfoil Factory set and fab Edie Sedgwick-worthy day clothes) and “I-don’t-get-it” references (courtly red frock coats, highly decorated yet worn in tatters). But really you do get it, once you learn of the Bob Dylan quote, “Andy [Warhol] is Napoleon in rags,” and John brought in a live rock band to make the point.
Still, neither Andy nor Boney would have mattered if the clothes hadn’t dazzled. Which brings us to that beguiling lady of the night, Josephine. She wore an amazing array of embroidered white Empire dresses, some under equally elaborate coats and jackets. And more often than not, she wore them in the family way. Which is not necessarily the easiest way to convince Jane Q. Movie Star that, gee, maybe I’ll look thin in that dress on TV.
But Galliano is fearless. He knows how to do hourglass; he did it last season, and last weekend, for the Trump wedding. He wants to move on, whether the haute-wearing elite are ready or not, and his pregnant posers just pushed the point.


faux-pregnancy poufs. ... ...i was right...

He's done pregnant before though, it's nothing new....

​

 

[Foxie-Pooh]

I that pregnant armor !!! Alex is saying " what ya'll lookin at? Ain't no one's gonna hurt my baby!"

 

[tiffany]

Balenciaga fall winter 2004 Dior Hautre Couture spring 2005

Dior Haute Couture spring 2005 Balenciaga fall winter 2004

That's what came up in my mind immediately....

lol, I hadn't realized how similar the shapes and cuts are

I love the collection though , makes me wistful

 

[Spike413]

Okay, even though I'm a little less then thrilled by the overall collection the accessories are great. That croc detective bag is awesome and I love the boots and earrings.

 

[pradaromance]

i love the earrings, the black ones are beautiful...i now think that this is okay as a whole, but as indivdual outfits its fantastic. i agree about the transition, rather shocking...and i feel like her could have done something to bring the two extremes together...(i was thinking that those cropped jackets would look good over some of the extravagant dresses )

i love all of the crocodile pieces, the one thing i miss is the sky high heels, which i like...on the runway, or maybe at least a 4 inch heel...i dont know if i like the boots that much, almost sorta cheap looking(the white ones anywayinnocent: