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• Christian Dior - Couture - Fall Winter 2012 - Paris

  02 Jul 2012

  “I feel good,” said a smiling Raf Simons as he sipped on a Coke after his debut Christian Dior haute couture collection. And so he should be. The designer went back to the drawing board with this collection reexamining the most famous of all the Dior fashion shows the 1947 “New Look” collection and the iconic “the Bar” ensemble. The sculptured curves of “the Bar” jacket were unmistakable in the all black tuxedo that opened the show. A very interesting and clever choice by Simons as it also hinted at the link the house has to Yves Saint Laurent. Also within those first five all black looks there was a subtle nod, in the reinforced bra cup, to John Galliano who had a [...]
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• Gabriela Zajac 02 Jul 2012 - 15:52:43 So this is haute couture? I hope this is just a warm-up. Please visit: http://fashion-allure.com
• Char 02 Jul 2012 - 16:11:06 ^ wut
• nina 02 Jul 2012 - 16:39:11 it's just awful. what a shame!
• Ujwillis 02 Jul 2012 - 16:43:00 You guys are not really considering how little time he had to pull this off, in between his actual taking of the reins and working with a new team. tThese things time time, and I think it is a good, if not necessarily strong debut for Raf at Dior.
• leely breeck 02 Jul 2012 - 17:07:13 little time? oh, really? I was sure that Raf fans would use this excuse! But he had enough time for other projects while he was preparing this collection. Realize that he is a good design for his level, but he is too weak for Dior and Haute Couture.
• simon hill 02 Jul 2012 - 17:15:08 I loved it, it was such a beautiful homage to Dior, a mix of the modern, clean and an unexpected lightness of touch, It was so simple and elegant and i think he trod a brilliant line of being himself and being respectful of Dior. His offering mixed his signature minimal, aesthetic with the pretty, femininity of Dior, things are looking exciting at Dior again!
• Brian Dowling 02 Jul 2012 - 17:32:02 This is RTW, right? :-
• MsAn 02 Jul 2012 - 17:32:06 It reminded me of Jil Sander and Balenciaga. It wasn't too experimental, it was too safe and too boring. And this collection ISN'T Haute Couture. Not a good start for Raf at Dior
• andrew 02 Jul 2012 - 17:34:24 Raf's collection was a little luck luster and drew too much on past expressions of Dior, perhaps he just needs to find his feet. If he wants to take the approach he did in finding that modern expression of Dior he really needs to look at the way designers like Lagerfeld who really looks at how the idea of the fashion house (in this case chanel) is still relevent to womens dressing today. I think he was under a lot of pressure and he played it safe and it was a little forced too.
• Pierre Raimondi 02 Jul 2012 - 17:34:42 I totally agree with you Simon ! I think this is the modern vision of Diors woman
• Haoran Li 02 Jul 2012 - 17:38:10 ready to wear?
• Vasco Arsovski 02 Jul 2012 - 18:02:29 too safe... too risk free...i hate the opening pieces...they could be so nice if he added prints on them or embroidery or texture as the one fei fei wore...i give him credit, he was under pressure but all an all great collection.
• Manuela Menzi 02 Jul 2012 - 22:05:23 this isn't haute couture. so boring!
• dadou21 03 Jul 2012 - 02:59:44 haute couture might be to much for raf even blake done better and it s not a reference.
• Stephanie 03 Jul 2012 - 04:49:46 This doesn't feel or look like Dior anymore. You can't call this a couture... Not after the past years collections!
• Wiktor 03 Jul 2012 - 08:33:39 I love the dresses, beautiful, very nice indeed
• Jakob Rasmussen 03 Jul 2012 - 19:46:44 Come one guys!!! this isn't that bad. Is feels like your judging Raf because of previous failure.
  And that's wrong! Try to be open-minded... and actually USE your own instinct in fashion... dont say what other people say. Try to give contructive and usefull critism... instead of just trying to decide whats right and whats wrong in fashion. But i agree this isnt my favorite collection of the season.
  
  But this is the far best Dior Collection since Galliano. PERIOD!
• Jakob Rasmussen 03 Jul 2012 - 19:51:45 to correct myself:
  Is feels like your judging Raf because of Gayttens previous failures.
• John Wong 10 Oct 2012 - 05:16:12 Is too UGLY!!!! I don't feel like there is anyone want to buy those dresses.
• Crystal 25 Feb 2013 - 23:49:30 While I think that most of the shapes and ideas were a sound representation of the Dior style; I think the execution was rough and not tailored enough. Especially when it came to the chest... It's like he doesn't know anything about a woman's breast! When there were gussets or molding they were clumsy and unproportioned to the rest of the dress... Like an afterthought. The Fall collection had soooo much more movement and design. The fabrics were delicious and divine.

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