Christian Dior S/S 08 Paris

[kriszti.md]

BLEH...

 

[educo]

WTF is going on at Dior?????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[WheresMyUmbrella]

This collection could not be more disappointing.

 

[ParadEyes]

yes galliano is usually more creative and outrageous..but i love how he toned it down this time..i can see myself wearing some of the pieces .. beautiful + wearable
the makeup/hair is the best i've seen in all s/s2008 shows.. only in a Dior show can the ugliest model turn to a beauty queen
who is the makeup artist?

 

[LucyaMartyoshka]

He is like a mad scientist mixed with genius.

 

[style_expert]

Suzy Menkes review

PARIS: From the grandeur of Versailles to the chaos of a train station, John Galliano has taken Christian Dior to many different destinations in his decade at the house. But in Monday's show, the design explored new - yet familiar - territory: his own.
After the yearlong focus on the postwar New Look for Dior's 60th anniversary, Galliano took a step back to the 1930s - to where the gorgeous, Gallic flappers had shimmied through his last John Galliano show.
This time there was a twist: the man-woman thing exemplified by Marlene Dietrich, whom Galliano backstage called one of his icons as he greeted his boss, Bernard Arnault of LVMH, and the singer Sting. The grandes dames of the past, Galliano said, were imagined as if seen through the grainy images of the photographer Peter Lindbergh.
The Dietrich beret, punched with eyelets; her taut, white trench; and variations on the top hat showed a seductive way with masculine clothing. And Galliano powered up the mannish three-piece trouser suit by pairing it with similar outfits when the models were down to satin slips and an elegant dishabille.
Since Galliano himself took his bow in a pair of cotton underpants as perfectly tailored as his Brioni tailcoat, you got the message that androgyny was having another outing. The result was a stand-off, in which Galliano tap-danced around Dior, emphasizing the romantic vision integral to both designers. But there was more John than Christian in the ultra-glamorous take on Galliano's signature bias-cut dresses, so light and liquid in eau de nil and lilac satin that last season's studied Dior couture grandeur had slithered away.

The transparency of diaphanous evening gowns recalled Galliano's launch of the blow-away dress and visible underwear in the early 1990s.
It is the eternal problem for a creative designer, framed by the aesthetic of a house's past creator, how much to depart from the core image. And who can criticize Galliano for using more of his own instincts? He has given so much to Dior, including the staggering July couture show with its creations defined by the great artists of Dior's era.
It would have been intriguing to see that idea revisited in the light of modern artists. But Galliano let the couture and its major theatrics go to turn out a seductive but simple collection that, with its racy tailoring and lacy delicacy, will please rather than provoke.

iht.com

 

[Moofins]

Appearently I am in the minority by saying that I absolutely adore it, especially the dresses!

 

[dior_couture1245]

I'm surprised he didn't take any elements or ideas from the couture collection. It's been quite some time since he hasn't done that...

 

[Just^Fabulous]

I don't like the collection I find Mariya Markinas dress pretty and Morganes, but that's all...
have these backstages been posted?

 

[Just^Fabulous]

more

 

[Honeysuckle]

It just screams Parisian elegance! I love it.

 

[dior_couture1245]

I feel awful for Galliano! This new plan for Dior is sucking all the creativity out of him!

 

[dior_couture1245]

the 1st song was "English man in New York" by Sting if i'm not wrong
i don't know for the rest

oh lord....not only is the collection boring by Galliano standards the song is LAME AS HELL!!!!!!

I should have known. Healy has lost his touch.

 

[kimair]

just^fabulous...please credit your pics or they will be deleted...

 

[lw2photo]

j'adore dior.. really great

 

[Forwardmotionis]

oye this was just a big jumble of messssssss

so sad when i first got into fashion it seemed he was at the top of his game but hes just been going lower and lower...

 

[alix*]

The makeup -

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elle

 

[alix*]

Some more :

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elle

 

[Jeisa_]

oh it looks fabulous and I think every makeup needed a long time

(like rachel saiud hers needed 2 hours) but it was really worth it

 

[eternitygoddess]

Parisian decadence.