Call him Galliano the gardener. Never has a fashion show and its venue complemented each other as beautifully as when John Galliano staged his horticulture bonanza of a Dior Haute Couture show Monday in a see-through tent on the grounds of the Musée Rodin.
Inspired by the cliff top garden of “Les Rhumbs,” the Granville, Normandy childhood home of Monsieur Dior, the show, set against a backdrop featuring massive orange and red parrot tulips, was an extraordinary technicolor fashion garden: skirts shaped like tulips; jackets emblazoned with silk hydrangeas; coats festooned with petal-collars; dresses were printed with delphiniums and lilacs and lest we forget the models with their towering “peony” hairdos–encased in cellophane wrapping by Stephen Jones. It was yet another spectacular sight to behold. And how about the tasty names for the hues: iris purple, hollyhock yellow and a nowhere-in-nature turquoise.
As the grand finale gowns came parading out in what Galliano described as a “floral dance,” each exquisite work of art–with their corseted bodices, hand-painted and embroidered blooms, and vividly-colored, silk-tulle crinoline skirts trailing like parachutes along the floor–it left front row guests Lily Cole, Jared Leto and Jessica Alba in awe.
Genius…….