Paris Couture: Christian Dior, Versace

A new Post "Paris Couture: Christian Dior, Versace" was written on the January 25, 2012 at 11:58 pm on "Textile Global - Textile and Fashion News".

2012 January 24

!! Paris Couture: Christian Dior, Versace !!

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*(PARIS) Christian Dior*While the who-will-it-be fracas continues at
Dior, stand-in creative director *Bill Gaytten* shifted the brand's
spotlight on Monday, to an earlier time when the house's buzz stemmed
from its designs over its designer. *Karlie Kloss *opened the show,
waltzing down the catwalk at the atelier's Avenue Montaigne salons in
the brand's most widely covered creation in its 65-year history: the
New Look, made popular in 1947 with post-war society debs fawning over
the full-skirt and cinched waist silhouette. Gaytten riffed on the
trademark retro cut while highlighting the house's artistry with a
medley of lavish detailing including floral embroidery and ostrich
paillettes, nostalgic corsetry and basting stitchwork—all atop
floaty silk crepe and barely-there chiffon in beige, black and white,
aubergine, and a splash of scarlet. Wearable? Sure. Pretty?
Absolument! But, is it enough to secure Gaytten the top seat at the
house?

*Versace*
When Donatella beckons, the stars appear.* **Diane Kruger, Cameron
Diaz, Ludivine Sagnier,* and *Abbie Cornish* flocked to Ecole des
Beaux-Arts where the iconic Italian designer brought her atelier
collection back to Paris after an eight-year hiatus. Editrixes packed
in one by one (standing room only, darlings) while 15 lissome mods
vogued on a metallic staircase in teetering warrior heels and eighties
Vegas glam, from one-shouldered cocktail numbers to tightly tailored
motos. On the long and lean side, slinky Aphrodite column gowns in
acid green or gray Chantilly lace dazzled front and center with
sculpted gold metal discs accentuating the hip or bust. But who could
forget the ubiquitous flash of leg (a Versace must!)? This season,
flash and sass came in the form of abbreviated tangerine minis and a
futuristic yellow bodysuit.

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