Dior Cruise 2011

[Nicolasa]

Boring and cheap...
I don't understand why including gala dresses in a Cruise Collection, you run the risk they look wannabes (like those dreadful prom queen's dresses from the final ).

 

[colourmepretty]

It's beautiful but not groundbreaking. With that said, I'd still kill to wear anything that's in this collection. Especially this dress:

cr; runwaym

 

[Squizree]

Tiffany Godoy wrote the most useless review for this collection on Style.com. It's like they're not allowed to say anything bad!!

By Tiffany Godoy

Christian Dior made its runway debut in Shanghai on Saturday night with a sixties-chic Cruise collection inspired by the French New Wave. In the front row were house muses Charlize Theron and Marion Cotillard. They joined LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault, Dior CEO Sidney Toledano, and some 500 guests in a 150-meter Dior gray tent constructed along the Huangpu River in the historic colonial district The Bund, not far from the site where Chanel put on its pre-fall show last December.

On his third visit to China since 2002, designer John Galliano made it clear that this was not to be a dose of chinoiserie à la Dior. "I didn't really want to do 'China' at all. Not only because I have done that, but because I didn't think it was appropriate the designer said. "I just thought it would be really fierce, really cool, to present le savoir faire français. And that he did, with a savvy blend of ready-to-wear and couture. "I was just trying to recapture that excitement that was happening at that time in Paris, which is very similar to what is happening in Shanghai today," he said.

After a sneak preview of the Lady Blue Shanghai film directed by David Lynch and starring Cotillard, the show started with a flash of lights and dance music mixed with live accompaniment by the Shanghai Sinfonietta.

Jean Seberg marine stripes, gamine trenches, and fedoras teamed with tapering, cropped pants marked a series of boyish looks that included a Jean-Paul Belmondo-inspired three-piece suit. On the other end of the masculine/feminine spectrum, there were coquettish minidresses in candy colors adorned with bows.

House codes like the rose were everywhere, from prints on shift coats to choker necklaces and handbags that accompanied almost every look. Mr. Dior's beloved Prince of Wales check became new on Bar jackets and trenches, woven as it was to echo the caning motif on the Lady Dior bags. Meanwhile, a Bardot-esque pale-blue gingham dress was cut from innovative, almost weightless organza, and flashes of superlight leather, like Karlie Kloss' sculptured opening number in shocking pink, added a frisson of sex appeal.

On the couture front, it was trademark Galliano romance: corseted lace dresses and grand ball gowns showered in embroidery, including a candy-pink dégradé silk-organza showstopper that just might seduce a new generation of privileged Chinese clients.

The show was the climax to a two-day extravaganza that included the reopening of Dior's Peter Marino-designed Plaza 66 boutique, now twice its former size, and the launch of the new fragrance Escale à Shanghai; as well as a grand exhibition of archival clothing, art, and films. But at the after-party, as guests partied to the live sounds of Kelis against the shimmering backdrop of the iconic Pearl Tower, it was clear that brand Dior has its eyes on the future.

And people say Sarah Mower is boring.

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

usually websites like style.com only do write-ups
just telling you what the designer showed...if they give an opinion
they are more than likely going to not be invited to shows in the near future
newspaper articles and blogs have more of the opinions

 

[Mr-Dale]

Wait, there was a Dior show and I wasn't aware of that at all? That's a first in 7 years....that's kinda messed up

 

[Chanelcouture09]

*Style.com

 

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[Legolas]

Hands down Galliano! Dreamy collection and an amazing casting...

 

[reese06]

Really Galliano?? Some of this looks like it should be a diffusion line of Dior. It's just executed really badly. I'm not a fan at all.

 

[xxfashion]

I am in love with Magdalina's dress and the gorgeous red one! I really liked the pastel colors. However, I did find some items tacky but not many. I still think its a nice collection !

 

[Squizree]

It reminds me of Dior's Fall 2008 Haute Couture collection

 

[Selket]

oh christ this is so bad

 

[NeverDrinkAgain]

Well as my expectations for any Dior collection are pretty low right now, I can't really say I'm disappointed.

The same. I don`t expect something extraordinary from Dior over the past two years so it`s ok. As a saccharine candy: a kind of beautiful but then starts vomiting

 

[Chanelcouture09]

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[TaylorBinque]

^ Thanks Chanelcouture09

Though I have to say I love his cast.