Amongst the unclothed
trees and falling snow, you would have had to watch your step as a barely visible
mirrored tent stood in the Tuileries Gardens. Faintly written in the signature
style was the word ‘Dior’ printed onto the glass. Think of ‘Through the
Looking-Glass’, the sequel to ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ where you
leave the Parisian winter cold, leave your scarf and gloves behind and be
transported into… Well as the book was titled; a wonderland. Inside the Dior
tent, Raf Simons brought the warmth and beauty of Spring and Summer early to
the fashion industry where blossomed trees stood high and undulating hedges
swirled round the runway creating paths for the models to float down. If the
spirit of Spring acts as metaphor for rebirth, then Raf Simons Haute Couture Spring/Summer
2013 embodies the very idea. From the early light sky shades awakening from the
last days of the winter months evolving into the fully blossomed and colourful
shades of flowers to the celebration of the happy Spring brides. Simons latest
collection was everything you could hope for. Raf Simons made it clear he wants
to “go slow” in his makeover of Dior, “so I didn’t want to do a heavy concept,
hence the idea of the garden, flowers, spring and the evolution of that.” This
is the beautiful thing about Simons collection as is it feels like you can sit
back and just really appreciate everything he is doing at the House of Dior and
enjoy each garment as a whole. Perhaps the very ideology behind Spring of
appreciating the beauty of the little things that appear after the long winter
period. I could talk about individual garments that featured on the runway or
the modernity that surrounded old Dior silhouettes but with this stunning
collection with it’s equally as beautiful soundtrack and setting; it is a
collection to appreciate. See the rest of looks
here or watch the full runway show
here.
