Thursday, July 05, 2007

Every needle, every thread

The Fall '07 Couture shows are rolling out and John Galliano, is stunning! (I'm a Galliano fan) Paris Haute Couture week 07/08 kicked off in the grandest style this week, thanks to Christian Dior’s 60th anniversary celebrations and couture show.

Everything about John Galliano has always been about extravagance and elegance. Showy, but not pompous. Colorful, yet not gaudy. Think of the stately 300-years old L’Orangerie de Versailles castle standing in all it's grandeur in the evening, a flight of supermodels Gisele Bündchen, Linda Evangelista, Helena Christensen, Shalom Harlow and Naomi Campbell amidst 45 most wanted models - very unlike Galliano this time round and 500 years of art history inspired couture wear.

Moving away from blatant erotica Frech Revolution, chunks of metals and cannery, Galliano took on a new approach to the finest of History - the Renaissance, a good tribute to Marie-Antoinette played in her own Versailles home.


It took just the first two dresses to appear on the runway to make me instantaneously gush how brilliant Galliano is to celebrate Dior's 60th with Christian Dior's signature New Look that hugged all the right curves of a woman, highlighting the waist. I love dresses that can pull off extremely sexy without revealing any skin at all.


I love how that pink swirl in the middle of the dress is not the typical kind of rose many other designers like putting in the middle of their dress but like a blob of pain on a painter's palette. Just check that paint palette head dress, so cute!


These pastel dresses are my favourites. Love how the first one is so ethereally glamorous and how the second one has so much detail going on, yet feels so gentle and soft. I'm totally in love with that hat.


I would just go crazing hand-stitching all those bead and sequins! That white coat over the mermaid black gown just enhances its silhouette. Hourglass. Mama mia!


Textile technology sure has come a long way, with all the color gradients and Galliano sure knows how to make them drape and fall in the right places. The dress on Lily Cole is just mesmerizing. Maybe it's because of her shimmery purple eye makeup, or it really is the way the different shade of purple just accentuates the perfect areas. Simply love that image!

Colors came in gradually throughout the ravishing show, volumes quietly developed and each dress told a story about a great artiste, a great legend. No matter how much slaved-over beading, pleating, draping and other minute handwork went into this couture collection, it has paid off well, finding its place in high glamour.

Happy 60th Birthday Dior!

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