Spring was indeed in the air.
The flower theme was most obviously expressed in floral embroideries. The floral reference was less subtle than last season, which played more with the inverted flower silhouette of Dior’s famous 1947 "New Look."
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| A garden within a garden was the setting for Christian Dior’s flower-obsessed couture show on Monday. |
But altogether the looks were well received.
Chloe Grace Moretz, actress, said:"What do I love about Dior? It’s so classic, but what Raf brings to it is something so fresh, so young, and so unique. And I don’t know I’m just so excited to see what he does today."
Former French First Lady, Bernadette Chirac and actresses Marisa Berenson, Jessica Alba and Sigourney Weaver were among Dior’s A-List front row.
Simons’ spring-summer 2013 show saw multi-layered flower and butterfly appliques that increased as the 47 looks progressed.
The subtlety of the show was to be found in Simons’ exploration of sections and layers through color.
Apart from the staple hourglass shape, Simons experimented with colored sections on ensembles which seemed to grow in stages.
This produced some of the show’s best looks, like strips of pale lemon, off white and pale lilac. Or a bright yellow silk dress with great angled sections.
One of the final looks in white saw the bottom of one silk ball skirt expand out at a line, like an organic growth spurt.
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| A garden within a garden was the setting for Christian Dior’s flower-obsessed couture show on Monday. |
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