I chose an article featured in the NY Times in the Fashion and Style section on Dior Spring 2012 runway show. The article gave an overview of Diors Spring 2012 colletion. I loved how they used a plaid like design, but more refined and called it windowpane checked patterns. These patterns were paired with a more relaxed version of Dior's iconic bar jacket. The silk and lace fabrics used in the collection give it a romatic look.
September 30, 2011, 1:59 pm
Dior: Chic and Safe but With Buzz
By CATHY HORYN
Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times
Dior spring 2012.
http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/dior-chic-and-safe-but-with-buzz/
From the
hubbub at
Dior, with
vamping socialites and a front row of LVMH brass, including its chairman, Bernard Arnault, and the habitually leather-clad architect Peter Marino, one would have thought de Gaulle had come back from the dead. I guess Dior is France. The
flying colors, though, were the
grays and
creams of the house, mixed with
palest blue and a dash of
poppy red.
Bill Gaytten, the studio head, did a nicely restrained job with Dior’s tailoring, pairing the classic
bar jacket with
checked or
creamy gazar skirts, and
cigarette pants.
Necklines were opened up. A
sleeveless cotton dress in
black and white windowpane checks offered a different take on the season’s
graphic patterns. White
silk coats were printed with
smoky gray roses, another house signature. Evening consisted of airy
black lace with
white silk, and cocktail dresses with
swimsuit backs.
Sidney Toledano, the Dior chief, said an announcement about a new designer might be in a few weeks.
1. SILHOUETTE & DESIGN
-cigarette pants
-open necklines
-swimsuit backs
-bar jacket
2. DETAILS
-windowpane checks
-smokey gray roses
-graphic patterns
3. COLOR
-grays
-creams
-palest blue
-poppy red
-black
-white
4. FABRIC
-lace
-silk
-cotton
-gazar skirts
5. CREATIVE “JARGON”
-“hubbub”
-“vamping socialites”
-"flying colors"
Lola' Pick of the Week
My pick of the week is Dior's iconic bar suit. Know as the "New Look". It was a revolution in fashion. Is flattering silouhette is adored and copied by many.