Christian Dior—Petals Please
The delphinium flower has been associated with lightness and transcendence. Multiply that by thousands of blooms inside the oldest courtyard of the Louvre museum and that’s a lot of lightness and color. Perhaps Christian Dior designer Raf Simons was after the same visceral response from his audience upon viewing his Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection as they felt from the impressive flower installation.
Indeed what took place on the runway underscored the theme with crisply-cut cotton dresses and shorts. The scallop-edge motif carved out pretty convex and concave hemlines. The most impressive pieces were the sheer dresses that allowed for different transparencies in the fabric. It was a look that could easily translate into bridal wear. Should Simons offer such delicacies in his couture collection, it would surely spark the imagination of future brides.
