While I have no doubt that there are pieces of the most exquisite quality ...
there are also some of the ugliest clothes I have seen in very long time. It is
like Ralph Lauren took acid, hooked up with Frida Kahlo and had a threesome
with Annie Oakley. Apparently going way back to the wild wild west was a solution for a collection and for some it
might even look as though Chiuri went all the way back to cave paintings. HOLY
SHIT!
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To say that I watched this parade slack
jawed is an understatement. Under her absurd notion of the so called “new Dior,”
Maison Dior is now a one stop shopping destination for this who think every day
is an excuse to play dress up as some caricature of some drug addled cowgirl.
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Again, the beauty to be found here was if
you could visually dissect the looks and pinpoint the beauty which was most definitely
in the jackets. The whole thing reminds me of Trump, the scale and total effect
is so overpowering that you can’t really see what’s important. Sadly, some of
the simpler more wearable gowns are nothing short of hideously pedestrian but
again some of the jackets and coats are perfection. But why do the clothes look
so heavy, so thick, and so clumsy?
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I am not shy or ashamed about loving excess
but you know there is a limit to how much fringe you can add to a collection. I
am also not shy about mixing prints but hell, this was positively dizzying to
the point of you don’t know what to look at first which means to see a blur.
Dior denim?
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What is the saddest part is this might have
been an amazing statement making collection had the looks been reconstructed to
allow the spectator to see and focus on the quality and theme but instead we
have this frenzy of old west get ups.
One must say that the apparent “mestizo” casting surely didn’t do much to lend
an air of chic or polish to the collection … well you know... the kind of feeling
that the name Christian Dior had evoked for over 50 years.
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PS... more flats more … work boots .. nuh uh!
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