DIOR COUTURE SPRING 2021

 As is the wont of madame meatball, once again we are treated to some delusional interpretation of Maison Christian Dior meaning we are long on blah blah blah and very short on design and the DNA of the house.

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Honestly, I don’t think she possibly could have created a collection that is more tone deaf and out of the realm of reality than this “fairy tale.”  The over-the-top film, admittedly, is quite beautiful with a sapphic touch, but without all the rhetoric that I’m sure accompanies these clothes one has to ask … WTF are you thinking? …. where’s the feminist manifesto or maybe the message is free to be you and me?

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Couture has and I guess will always be a sort of fantasy or aspiration for so many but there isn’t much to lust for and covet here as the clothes are ...well, just generic clothes... flowy gowns, oh we did add toreador pants, but for the most part they are wildly expensive bland clothes that can bear any label.

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Do you suppose that this so-called designer has the inside line on the pandemic and yes, I know that couture is not about real life or for that matter reality but honestly what is there in this collection that one lusts and covets other than the workmanship? 

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Aside from the lack of design... what looks fresh and new, what warrants 5 figure price tags and saddest of all is what warrants or deserves the honor of carrying the Dior label?

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Dior haute couture Fall 2020

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Despite current conditions, many of the haute couture houses have opted for alternate avenues and methods of showing their collections this season. Of course, Maria Grazia Chiuri has offered a beautifully rendered short film while living up to her usual antics of making the clothes a secondary concern to her blah blah blah.

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The film, which reminded me very much of Sheila Metzner’s images for her Fendi perfume scent campaign is all about the overall story instead of being about the clothes which, by the way, might have been a very strong showing had she handled this properly.

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 Instead of taking 4 minutes or 5 at the end of the film giving credits … why oh why wasn’t there a still shot of each style… even on a mannequin? So, one more time the meatball gets lost in her bullshit and pushes the clothes into the background. Day clothes don’t seem to be part of the plan nor does actually seeing the collection in its entirety,  but then again in the age of COVID, evening clothes will probably only be ordered by the die-hards and worn at home since there are no social gatherings planned in the foreseeable future and where is anyone wearing day clothes these days?

The difference this season, what might have been instead of who cares?

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AMENDING THE PREVIOUS REVIEW OF THE FILM!!

As you can now see, the film and the collection have nothing whatsoever to do with each other. The collection is matronly, heavy-handed and out of synch with the world today. As is the meatball’s usual wont she has no clue how to interpret an archival style other than to me it looks outdated and so weighty that you need a crane to get it on. At this point I honestly just don’t get it any of it... there is nothing cohesive about it and god only knows nothing to write home about unless you’ve longed to be a lampshade or wear a couture coat with some cartoonish character on it. Oh, and the color palette is most definitely post-menopausal!

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www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2020-couture/christian-dior