Christian Dior Haute Couture S/S 2023 Paris

[TaylorBinque]

That's it. This collection is nothing more of the same thing she has done. It's always like let's do the eyes darker for couture shows.

I recently watched Mrs.Harris Goes to Paris. I know it's fiction but gosh, I am sure that fake atelier is more capable than hers. Mary Grace should go to Armani.

 

[gallianostan]

monsieur dior was known the world over as the 'designer of dreams'.

where is the dream here? what is the vision? it's insipid, torpid and soulless. her tenure at dior has been sterile from the outset.

 

[Drusilla_]

I liked it - it's better in motion than in images (the colours looked far richer and not-sterile in the videos I saw from various people's front row feeds). Yes it's simple and wearable, yes she's never going to be Galliano and we need to get over it (she's not Raf either, to which I say THANK GOODNESS because his Dior was never really my cup of tea), but I appreciate the silhouette and 1920s-40s style and the wearability.

And when you see some of the other clown sh*t going on in the name of "creativity", I'll take MGC's Dior over Roseberry at Schiaparelli or whatever the hell Demna's last couple of years have been, any day.

 

[LadyJunon]

And when you see some of the other clown sh*t going on in the name of "creativity", I'll take MGC's Dior over Roseberry at Schiaparelli or whatever the hell Demna's last couple of years have been, any day.

I'd rather just burn all three of them and call it quits on Haute Couture for the decade.

 

[Drusilla_]

I'd rather just burn all three of them and call it quits on Haute Couture for the decade.

you won't get any argument from me on that front considering the state of haute couture now, it is especially dark when compared to 15 years ago (when Galliano/Tisci/Karl were around). Now you have that Alyx person's bullsh*t, Demna's bullsh*t, Roseberry reducing Elsa to the most hackneyed and obvious aspect of her work, and well, MGC, but her and Virginie's sins are rather minor compared to theirs. Controversial opinion, I know, but I stand by it!

 

[YohjiAddict]

I’m all for simplicity done right but this is just sad. You’ve got such a vibrant woman as your muse and send these sad grey looks down the runway?

 

[Deleted member 1957]

The photos are a little dull but I did actually enjoy the video. Always loved the sophistication of that particular era. It seems to be more militaristic than glam though.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

Bit of a déjà vu collection. With the setting and layout, I honestly thought I stumbled onto last season's couture collection by sheer accident.

Now had we not been told what the collaboration and inspiration implied (THE Josephine Baker, among others), I wouldn't be feeling as censorious as it is the usual MGC collection journey. Very Italian-Greco silhouettes, twee looking girls and a colour palette that works as a better sedative than sleeping tablets.

Some gorgeous fringing and velvets, but if that's where the Baker references start and end alongside the gold, not good enough at all.

Besides that, it's pretty serviceable. Repetitive enough to please clients and the suits with enough textile variety to make the audience go "ooooooo fashion". It's just a bit too common for my liking. How very, very common.

 

[ah ah]

But Mary Grace´s version of Josephine is suffering from a severe depression, after being closed in a convent for so many years...

Best comment ever! I actually did not mind this collection, but I found it extremely sad, and it is not the first feeling I would associate with Josephine Baker. Now you managed to explain me the story behind...

 

[disco54]

Josephine Baker was by definition the life of the party, she embodied joie de vivre , this is devoid of any of that. It is depressing and sad, did MG not read the assignment?

Marc Jacob's LV collection from 2009 best captures Josephine Baker's essence , full of life and color.

 

[Drusilla_]

It’s my favourite of MGC couture collections so far, and really comes alive in video. I know this gets said a lot here and I can't believe I'm saying this in defence of her dior but pictures don't actually do it justice. And I very much prefer it to some of the other bullsh*t shown this season.

re: the referencing, they were quite clear that the Josephine inspiration was purposefully stepping away from the racially fetishised performer image of her and taking cues more from what she actually wore in real life, including later in her life. On that front, it's spot-on. Comparing this to LV S/S 2009 is apples and oranges because this was actively avoiding that look.

 

[mikel]

I was already bored by the third look.

 

[vetements]

for once I actually dont mind Maria's Dior. It is quietly elegant and the details are sublime and subtle.
And yes, seeing them close up in motion makes better sense.

 

[tricotineacetat]

One look into the couture clients section of this forum and I can all but agree her design suits Dior's clients, it's giving them the kind of inoffensive 'fairytale princess' fantasy conservative women dream of that has since it's founding stood for the house of Dior. No need therefor to wish a designer with a more edgy point of view here when you have to imagine the clothes displayed in one of those Peter Marino-designed interiors...

That being said, the evening dresses are a bit of a non-event when you consider Dior's eveningwear characterized by a certain 'grandeur' that is all but missing here.

 

[LadyJunon]

One look into the couture clients section of this forum and I can all but agree her design suits Dior's clients, it's giving them the kind of inoffensive 'fairytale princess' fantasy conservative women dream of that has since it's founding stood for the house of Dior. No need therefor to wish a designer with a more edgy point of view here when you have to imagine the clothes displayed in one of those Peter Marino-designed interiors...

That being said, the evening dresses are a bit of a non-event when you consider Dior's eveningwear characterized by a certain 'grandeur' that is all but missing here.

It's not edginess I want at Dior, it's grandiose drama.

 

[Drusilla_]

^ that ship sailed with Galliano's departure, she's not him and I don't think we're going to see that style of design at Dior for a long time until he's far enough in the past (which is difficult considering his role in shaping modern Dior).

 

[vogue28]

The making-of the collection: