Look Back - Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2009 RTW

Just another quick 'Look Back' post. This time it’s the Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2009 RTW collection.

Designer: John Galliano

My Top Four Looks From The Collection:

  

(Irina Kulikova & Jourdan Dunn)

  

(Anna Selezneva & Kim Noorda)

This collection was great. Apart from the fact that the runway looked like a personnel collection of my 'Focus On' models, the clothes were so cute and flirty. This is not the best Galliano or Dior collection I have seen but there were some really great fun pieces. The chiffon mini dresses which came in fuchsia, orange, raspberry, pink, blue and green were some of the best pieces. Here is the full show. Enjoy!!!

Focus On - Maryna Linchuk

Maryna Linchuk

(French Revue des Modes March 2010: Thierry LeGoues - Photographer, Marcell Rocha & Sohei Yoshida - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

Agencies
New York - Ford Models
Paris - Viva Model Management
Milan - Why Not Model Management
London - Viva London
Hamburg - Modelwerk
Tokyo - Bravo Models
Barcelona - Uno Models

Born on September 4, 1987 in Belarus, Maryna was discovered when she walked into an agency in Moscow. She has gone on to appear on the cover of Numéro Korea & Tokyo, Spanish, German, Japanese, Mexican, Russian & Turkish Vogue, French revue des modes & W Korea. She has also appeared in editorials for Allure, American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Muse & V & ads for Dior, Dolce & Gabbana & Versace.

(Miss Dior Cherie Fragrance 2010 Autumn/Winter 2010): Tim Walker - Photographer, Unknown - Stylist)

The thing I love the most about Maryna is probably the thing I talk about the most on this blog, her cheekbones. I love them, I love her face, she is so beautiful and she is a really great model. I don’t think I have seen an editorial of hers that I don’t like, she really knows how to pose and I think she is one of those models that is always able to give the client exactly what they want, whether its sweet and cute for the Dior ads or sexy and glamorous for the cover of French Revue des Modes, she does it all so well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Harper's Bazaar November 2009: Nathaniel Goldberg - Photographer, Ludivine Poiblanc - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

I have been seeing Maryna for a while now but when I saw the editorial for the may 2012 issue of
Vogue Russia I was blown away. Her body looks amazing and the pictures were stunning. I also have to mention Ekaterina Mukhina who was the stylist, she did such a great job and I love everything she put together. The Hair Stylist, Tomohiro Ohashi and the Makeup Artist, Tyron Machhausen  also did a really good job. Everything was so beautiful and I really wanted every single outfit.

 

 

 

 

(Vogue Russia May 2012: Alexi Lubomirski Photographer, Ekaterina Mukhina - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

Christian Dior - Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2012

This is probably the most anticipated collection of the season, Raf Simons debut his first Haute Couture collection for Christian Dior. Marc Jacobs, Alber Elbaz, Pierre Cardin, Donatella Versace, Riccardo Tisci, Olivier Theyskens and Diane von Furstenberg all attended the show.

I was really looking forward to this collection and I was not disappointed. There was so much that caught my eye. I was most impressed with the way Raf Simons made use of his architectural background, combined it with classic Christian Dior, and came up with these beautiful well-constructed pieces. There were so many great moments, like the transformation of the Bar Jacket into a tuxedo-dress, with its cupped pockets moved so that they sit over the breasts. I also love the fact that Raf Simons took inspiration from the late Christian Dior. We saw a lot of the ‘flower women’ silhouette, which is what designer Christian Dior used to describe his revolutionary 1947 New Look of a cinched waists and full skirts that resembled inverted flowers.

The first few items were the best, I was a little bit underwhelmed towards the end of the show, they should have probably cut down the amount of pieces and stuck with the best ones. Overall, it was a good collection. What do you think of this collection? Feel free to comment.

Best Looks 

 

Complete Collection