By Hilary Alexander, Fashion Director at Paris Fashion Week Published: 4:10PM GMT 05 March 2010
Link to this videoThe lusty, 17th century libertine, the 2nd Earl of Rochester, and some-more than a handful of his semi-clad courtesans, desirous the swashbuckling and regretful pick up John Galliano showed for Christian Dior at the Paris prêt-à- porter season.
The British-born Galliano was in his element, rapine the habit of the orgiastic nobleman and ribald poet, once the toast of Englands "Restoration Court", as interpreted by Johnny Depp, in the 2004 movie, "The Libertine".
Paris Haute Couture: Christian Dior a/w 2009/10 Paris Fashion Week: Christian Dior Galliano gallops in to initial place with pick up for Christian Dior More on Paris Fashion Week Christian Dior autumn/winter 2010/11 pick up Paris Fashion Week: Christian DiorThe hats, incidentally, written by Londons Stephen Jones, appeared to owe some-more to Depps some-more new purpose as the Mad-Hatter, in Alice in Wonderland.
The collection, for subsequent autumn/winter 2010/11, developed from Gallianos Haute Couture show for Dior, shown in January, but, with the fast boy-references, played fast and lax with that collections sport and "dressage" theme.
This was some-more "un-dressage", as licentious met slip in a fantastical march of intrigue and retro. The majority covetable frock-coats given Beau Brummell, in tanned hide and suede, embellished with fur, surfaced negligee-dresses in delicate colour silk-chiffon, packed over with edging and flounces, and accessorised with over-the-knee cavalier-boots.
Cavalry, hacking and dressage jackets came with frozen jodhpurs, and flounced, silk "poet" shirts. The pick up incited the simple cardigan in to an "Affair to Remember", as knits appeared in thickk cream cashmere interwoven with lace, smooth ribbons, bows and flourishes of fur.
The French Minister of Finance, Christine Lagarde, and the actress, Charlize Thereon, were between the front-row choice applauding as Gallianos "little libertines" done the last catwalk parade.
Galliano took his bow, ready to go similar to Rochester himself, in a sheer poets shirt, and suede jodhpurs tucked in to roving boots, versed with china spurts.
"I got them in London," pronounced Galliano. "Theyre mine!," insisted Charlize Thereon, seeking a delicate compare for the engineer in smooth lace, jodhpurs and boots.
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