Dior - Amazing Galliano Designs
This link will take you to pictures of the Christian Dior spring 2007 Couture collection, by John Galliano. (If you were wondering how that works, fashion houses have to hire new designers when the original, founder designer dies, in order to keep going. But then if you're not sure who's dead and who isn't, and if the hired head designer changes, it can be hard for a casual observer to actually know who designed stuff. Pictures in magazines are sometimes attributed to "Dior" for instance, rather than "John Galliano for Dior".)
It is pretty awesome, and crazy, and pretty awesome. The "runway review" that you can also get to from that page is idiotic, for instance, saying the designs are "delicate". Umm, no. No way are they delicate. About as delicate as an elephant I say. They are large, heavy, heavily constructed items in bright colours that try and smack you in the head with a mallet. I think they are too stiff and out-there to be called "delicate". There is too MUCH. Which is why they are so cool of course, but the reviewer is wrong.
I like construction, pleats and so on, and shape, constructed shape, in garments. It is awesome.
The colours are great in some of the garments, especially the purples, and how some of the colour combinations, like lavender and bright green, somehow both go and don't go. (Don't be smart about the lavender and green being like, you know, actual lavender plants. The type of green is very different, and it takes it from quietly matching to being bizarre and confusing as a colour match.)
My criticism of the collection would be that the references are TOO obvious. I mean, yes, it is origami. It doesn't just look like origami, or appear to be inspired by origami, it actually is origami with fabric. That may be cool, but I think it classifies more as a gimmick, or as wearable art, than clothing. Even crazy couture clothing. I can think of a lot of more subtle interpretations, where you can still go just as crazy and un-delicate, but where the inspiration is not right there on the garment, and I would have liked to see more of that from this awesome designer.
It is pretty awesome, and crazy, and pretty awesome. The "runway review" that you can also get to from that page is idiotic, for instance, saying the designs are "delicate". Umm, no. No way are they delicate. About as delicate as an elephant I say. They are large, heavy, heavily constructed items in bright colours that try and smack you in the head with a mallet. I think they are too stiff and out-there to be called "delicate". There is too MUCH. Which is why they are so cool of course, but the reviewer is wrong.
I like construction, pleats and so on, and shape, constructed shape, in garments. It is awesome.
The colours are great in some of the garments, especially the purples, and how some of the colour combinations, like lavender and bright green, somehow both go and don't go. (Don't be smart about the lavender and green being like, you know, actual lavender plants. The type of green is very different, and it takes it from quietly matching to being bizarre and confusing as a colour match.)
My criticism of the collection would be that the references are TOO obvious. I mean, yes, it is origami. It doesn't just look like origami, or appear to be inspired by origami, it actually is origami with fabric. That may be cool, but I think it classifies more as a gimmick, or as wearable art, than clothing. Even crazy couture clothing. I can think of a lot of more subtle interpretations, where you can still go just as crazy and un-delicate, but where the inspiration is not right there on the garment, and I would have liked to see more of that from this awesome designer.
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