Raf Simons showed his first ready-to-wear collection for Dior especially to fans.He
took a long, cool look at the heritage and found the strictness, the rigor, and a different
kind of sensuality in Dior.According to the show notes—and Raf's own words—the
key descriptor for this new era at Dior is "freedom."
He de-stuffed Dior's classic Bar
hourglass silhouette by turning it into something for
morning, noon, and
night, worn with shorts, a skirt, or nothing. In his ready-to-wear
, as in his
couture, he carved off the big below-the-waist bit of a gala gown,
leaving just
the visual interest of its top half. Guipure lace was
turned into a two-tone bustier mini.
Double-facing was responsible for a
spectacular set of oh-so-simple but high-impact
pop shapes in
bifurcated color. The collection's most stringently disciplined
statement
was also one of its best looks: Kinga Rajzak's navy and black
dress in pleated tulle.
His full-skirted finale—the severe black silk-cashmere knit top, the
erotic, iridescent
balloon of floral-printed satin duchesse—distilled
history into a special kind
of twenty-first-century glamor.
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