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Christian Dior: Galliano's in Fighting Form
By: Godfrey Deeny
Photos by: Gruber-FWD
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Paris, Mar 13, 2001/ FWD/ --- Everything was a little twisted at the Christian Dior show Tuesday,
though in the ever-inventive world of its designer John Galliano that's how it should be.
Supermodels sat beside the catwalk rather than walked on it; cultures collided on the soundtrack
and garments from many epochs appeared in the same outfit. Galliano was certainly in fighting form.
He even took his applause bronzed and stripped to the waist, wearing green leather boxing pants.
A typical outfit went something like this: Knitted leggings and T-shirt under a transparent lace
dress beneath a reversible mink coat embroidered with flowers and topped by a football-sized
tam-o'shanter covered by a veil.
The Dior girl for fall is into graffiti - in a big way - and struts about in hugely flared
pants and even anoraks, all in multi-color pop collages. An ironic homage perhaps, given that
tonight sees the opening of a huge Pop Art retrospective in the Centre Pompidou sponsored by rival
Yves Saint Laurent.
In between all the madness, there were plenty of great clothes: snappy pinstripe pantsuits with
beautiful silk fabric inserts; yellow fur bombers and hippie Indian mirrored hipsters.
Galliano's Dior always has a good front row and this show was no different. On one side sat
freshly sheared Kate Moss, on the other Chloe Sevigny, in pride of place beside Dior patron
Bernard Arnault. His wife Helene wore a "J'Adore Dior" T-shirt under a redingote pantsuit.
For the finale, every model carried a bag: brilliant soft transistor radio clutches, fake stony
weekend sacks, blue logo totes and Dior's auto bag, though this time in fur. In short, plenty
for Monsieur Arnault to smile about.
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