Paris Fashion Week: At Christian Dior, John Galliano phones it in

At Dior, John Galliano seems to be in a creative rut, slapping a hokey new theme on old clothes season after season.
 
For fall, he went with libertine equestrian, which added jodhpurs and kinky thigh-high boots to the usual mix of checked coats, hourglass-shaped jackets, bias-cut silk dresses and lacy underthings.
Much of it was forgettable.

Galliano seems to be stuck in the past, unaware that in this most wired era of all time, women don't want style dictated to them by a designer standing on a pedestal. They want to make the connections themselves.

--Booth Moore, reporting from Paris

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Photos: The Christian Dior fall 2010 runway in Paris. Credit: Peter Stigter and Jonas Gustavsson / For The Times

Comments

[Sera]

I think the clothes are very pretty. They compelled me to open the link...I think the clothes are eye-catching without being garish.

[K.E.]

Why such hating? The clothes look cute - I'd like to see more photos. Guess I'll have to surf elsewhere...

[Tori]

I agree with you. It's not hating, it's the truth. I'm an avid Dior handbag fan, I use to love all their bold and crazy designs. For the past couple of seasons all the bag designs are uninspiring, looks like cheap knockoffs from other brands and Dior is just holding on for their dear life with the re-hashing of their Lady Dior bag. So sad. Maybe it's time for a new designer!