Hi there!
How are you?
Yesterday with
+Anastasya Lopatina we visited an exhibition "Dior Couture by Patrick Demarchelier" in Manezh, Moscow. If you are in Moscow and have not seen it yet you should do it asap as it will be closed on April, 3.
It was fascinating and amazing. It took my breath away when I looked at the photos with Dior's, Galliano's and Simons's masterpieces. All the dresses, all the attires are so beautiful that it takes your breath away when you are looking at them.
Two years ago we went to see another exhibition "Dior. Inspiration" and I felt the same way. Nobody can stay indifferent to the creations of Christian Dior and his successors. But yesterday's exhibition paid special attention only to those two. And so does the world.
And I want to share my thoughts about this case with you.
I thought over the changes in Dior for a while and couldn't figure out at once what was my attitude to the newcomer Raf Simons after exile of J.Galliano from the house. A lot of people were shocked by this case and most of the people, I am sure, felt that it meant the end of the magnificent era in the fashion in general, not only in Dior, because there is no one like Galliano and nobody can compete with him in creating such unbelievable marvelous clothes, though it's really difficult to call his creations "clothes". They are much more than just real-life clothes. He created not for a real world.
Galliano was of a different kind. Galliano was from the world of romantic fantasies and fairy-tales. And this epoch ended.
So, we all lived in expectations what Simons will show us. And as for me, I wasn't disappointed at all. S
urprisingly. Yes, his creations are simpler. Yes, they can easily be worn in real life. In his work R.Simons wisely decided to follow Dior founder's steps not his predecessor Galliano. Otherwise, everybody would tell that he just copies or imitate the latter's works. But Simons does not copy Christian Dior's designs either. He closely inspected archives, and than, taking the best ideas and innovations by C.Dior created his own masterpieces. And he does it very well. And I am really happy and satisfied to see what he is doing. From my point of view, the reason is that he is closer to Dior than Galliano was.
And I am so in love with Dior's looks that it makes me happy. The concept of yesterday's exhibition was to show that Dior's designs, Dior's new look was, remains and will always be alive and modern. Can't disagree. Dior was a real genius to create something like this. New look silhouettes seem so simple but really, it is the best way to show perfect beauty of every woman.
And among all the looks from yesterday's exhibition my favorite was a red dress with rose-print. For me it is the best of the best.
And what do you think?
