Christian Dior Couture Spring 2012

Seems like the legend of Christian Dior lives on.

With John Galliano’s absence now for over a year, the question asked over and over is who will replace him as creative director? Despite the economic downfall Dior has only had great improvement in quarterly sales, showing us that well crafted, beautiful products will always sell. After the decline for the position from Marc Jacobs this past December, we now possibly look to the visionary Raf Simons, artistic director Jil Snader, or even Haider Ackermann? So far any attempts from the press to gain further insight into this manner have been avoided or shut down. Chief Executive Sydney Toledano when asked about this subject stated, “Things are going well, we are building, the house is once again finding its comfort zone.”

On January 23rd in magnificent Paris, Dior presented their Women’s Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection. ” Temporary creative director and British Fashion designer Bill Gaytten led the charge for this collection and awed the crowd with his stylish simplicity. The designs were inspired from the 1947 collection that revolutionized the stylish and elegant power behind being a woman. Going back to basics is never a bad idea, and with the subtle flairs of transparent materials and details, this was truly a breath taking collection. Dresses draped in black silk with detailed beading flowed past the cameras, chiffon layers that seemed to take the models off their feet as they glided by, and full sized ball-room gowns added to the aura of elegance glowing with adoring smiles from the crowd.

With the lack of a permanent creative director, Bill Gaytten had truly stepped up to the plate in taking over and continuing Dior’s fine tradition of excellence. Though critiqued in the past for not being daring enough, he has proven to the crowd that you can drop jaws with simplistic, beautiful designs. Olivia Palermo, a star model of the show stated “Sometimes it’s good to go back to basics” and right she was!