Fashion Fame

Double respect is due to John Galliano for making fabulous designs and setting a romantic mood for Christian Dior this season. Show was inspired by a ‘film noir’ backdrop of a derelict warehouse, suffused with shadowy light and dry ice.

In keeping with Bacall-Bogart theme, the trench-coat was a key piece, worn with jeweled-lace petticoats or satin French knickers. The 1940s mode was embraced by vintage-look short dresses, in floral chiffon with ruffled skirts, or in metallic Lurex, pointelle knits, hemmed to enhance bust and featuring built-in wears and knickers.

Necklines were tied with bows, puffed sleeves and high, platform wedge-shoes that echoed retro vibe. The exposure factor was particularly compelling when black lace came over jewel-bright purple or fuchsia satin.

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By night, glamor was amped up, as Galliano put his models into a flesh pink corset, a long, draped, mint green sequin-sprinkled skirt, a sunray-pleated gown as dazzlingly orange as a volcano, a chantilly-smothered Basque and black ruffled skirt, and a vamp red satin gown. For the first time, it meant that Galliano had captured romantic essence of his Dior couture, and made sense of it as fully resolved and seductive ready-to-wear.

The front-row line-up included Hollywood actor, Bruce Willis, and his new wife, Emma Heming, wearing a black-and-white, tailored Dior suit; singer Rihanna; and burlesque star, Dita Von Teese.

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