Dior’s New Look
"Before the show, I found it difficult to imagine what Raf would do
at Dior," admitted Versace, "but from the very first look today it
made total sense."
"[It was] absolutely poetic," Elbaz told the Guardian. "It was perfection. Today was a beautiful
marriage between a designer and a house."
"Raf Simons did a SUPERB Dior show! Very DIOR! Another talented
Belgian! Love Diane," Tweeted
von
"It was what you hoped for and more - it was such a beautiful
homage to Dior, a mix of the modern, clean and unexpected with a real lightness
of touch," Lucinda Chambers, Vogue fashion
director, told us. It was more elegant than elegant and he trod a
brilliant line of being him and being respectful of Dior, I loved it."
Jacobs told WWD that the
collection was "absolutely magnificent", while Tisci called it
"very Raf".
LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault also offered Simons' his praise: "I
didn't want to rush," he told WWD of his
year-long search to find a creative director for the label. "It was really
a question of choosing the best person for the job, and he stood head and
shoulders above the rest: the greatest talent of the moment for Dior, the
greatest house in the world."
One of the most talked-about debuts in fashion history, Simons offering
mixed his signature minimal, aesthetic with the pretty, femininity of Dior -
signifying that the future of this iconic brand lays in very safe hands.
Source: VOGUE - ELLA ALEXANDER 03 July 2012