The dramatic Dr Suess-esque collection that was Christian Dior Haute Couture Autumn Winter 2010/2011

Round of applause for Galliano everyone!
His new haute couture collection for Dior is incredible. Inspired by Christian Dior’s childhood garden he created a bouquet of fashion delights with gigantic corsages in Alice in Wonderland evoking scale, topped off with exotic colours, prints, dyes and textures.

The beauty aspects of the collection were even more breathtaking with neon bright stripes of colour which come the grey and bleak winter (sorry, I know I don’t want summer to end) will truly inspire as the eye makeup was injected with an array of bold colours. I predict the darker plum shaded lips will be a big hit and how could I forget the cellophane veils, reminiscent of the collages I would piece together in primary school, which make the models look even more like a bunch of flowers. Truly inspired.

Then there was the Dr Seuss-esque hair styling with gravity defying hair designs, echoing the stems of flowers.

It was just spectacular. Just looking at the collection on Style.com (the source for all the photos) gave me a marvellous colour induced headache.
Everything was so dramatic- but then what else would you expect from the man who created the ‘les incroyables’ collection?- that I can easily imagine a hyperactive Galliano raiding the Dior archive of prints and colours, similarly to a child in a colouring box who snatches every single Crayola crayon.

Check out the collages I have made of my favourite looks:

Dr Suess hair styling. I wish I could try this one out myself.

I am definitely going to try out my own verision of this bold blue look. I', a sucker for "cat flick" eyes anyway but this makeup look is fabulous.

Gorgeous use of colour. Loving the complete disregard for the "lips or eyes" rule.

Fairytale shoes

Queen of the flowers. These models look like they could have lept out of a fairy tale book with their fantastically flamboyant dresses and haughty expressions.

Does anyone know who this model is?!

I love that she is sitting backstage at the Christian Dior Haute Couture show reading Oscar Wilde "The Picture of Dorian Gray" proving that she is a girl of my own heart (I would do the exact same thing) and also that it's not true when people say that all models are stupid.

Beth Ruby xoxo

Dior pre-fall 2010 Lookbook

Es ist zwar noch eine ganze Weile hin bis zum Herbst, aber ich habe mal wieder ein tolles Lookbook in meine Hände bekommen und will euch das nicht vorenthalten. Diesmal von Christian Dior. Die pre-fall collection. Die Fotos sind auf Hochglanz gedruckt und es war auch eine CD mit den Fotos dabei, sodass ich diese bequem hochladen konnte.

Die Kollektion ist mit viel Liebe zum Detail entworfen. Die Farben khaki, oliv und braun, sowie die militärischen Schnitte erinnern mich an den Film Pearl Harbor. Die gesamte Kollektion kann als Hommage an die Heldinnen des 2. Weltkrieges angesehen werden. Nachts trugen sie glamouröse, mit Pailetten und Federn geschmückte Kleider, tagsüber waren die Frauen kriegsbereit mit ihren Pilotenjacken.  Die Bleistiftröcke sind mit militärischen Taschen besetzt und die kleider in zarten Farben wurden mit Eisenhowerjacken kombiniert. Gerade dieser Kontrast macht die Kollektion so interessant. Mir gefallen vor allem die Overkneestrümpfe und Spitzenröcke. Ich werde nach solchen ähnlichen Ausschau halten. Ich kann den Herbst nicht erwarten,obwohl es noch nichtmal Sommer ist.

ENG: It's is still a while till fall, but I got a nice lookbook, which I don't want to withhold from you. This time it is from Christian Dior. The pre-fall collection. The photos are printed on glossy-paper and there is even a CD with all the pictures, so I could upload them easily.
The collection is designed with love for detail. The colors khaki, olive, and brown, and also the military cut of clothes remind me of the Pearl Harbor movie. The whole collection can be seen as a tribute to the WWII heroines. At night they wore glamorous dresses with sequins and feathers, during the day the woman with their pilot jackets were ready for combat. The pencil skirts have military pockets and the lace-dresses are combined with Eisenhowerjackets. It is this contrast that makes the collection so interesting. I love the overkneesocks ans the lace skirts. I will keep my eyes open for similar ones. Can't wait for fall,though is not even summer.

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Christian Dior Spring 2010 Haute Couture

This Christian Dior couture collection could have stepped right off the set for an avant guarde costume drama (obviously if costumes dramas had budgets big enough to buy couture with)

Exaggerated eye make up, huge show-off jewels drippping off every part of the models bodies, massive trailing gowns and of course lots and lots of sequins were the main aspects of the collection just showing that you don't buy Dior couture to blend into the background.

It was all about the drama.
Oh and these shoes which I am in love with. The heels are so fairy-tale like:

Source here on Style.com

Beth Ruby xoxo