Dior’s first post Galliano show gets panned. CEO Sidney Toledano says they’re in no rush to replace him.
In it’s first post John Galliano outing, the house of Christian Dior crashed and burned, presenting a Fall 2011 Couture collection that was pretty much universally panned by critics. Without its controversial creative director John Galliano at the helm, the Dior couture team was lead by former Galliano assistant Bill Gayten, and his first assistant Susanna Venegas.
According to Tom&Lorenzo, Gaytten defined his inspirations as: the postmodern pop patterns of Italian designer and architect Ettore Sottsass; the work of Jean-Michel Frank, the French interior designer known for his minimalist approach; Jean Dunand, the Swiss Art Deco lacquer artist; and Jean-Paul Goude, French photographer, illustrator, and graphic artist.
If you think that’s a lot of inspiration, that’s because it is. And it was very well (or not so well depending on your perspective) represented in the frenetic nature of the show, and the collection looks.
The brightly colored, poorly executed, unfortunately styled collection had a decidedly un-Dior feel about it, showing to all in attendance that the fashion house is in desperate need of creative direction. Given everything Galliano has done recently, and how public, and particularly nasty his fall from grace was, I understand why Dior let him go.
But the search needs to still be on for his replacement, and according to Christian Dior CEO Sidney Toledano, that’s exactly what the company is doing.
“You know when you ask young girls all the time when they are going to get married, they reply: When I find the right man,” he told AFP as the Paris fashion house sent out its first post-Galliano haute couture collection.
Dior will “take all its time” in finding “a long-term solution”, Toledano said, adding: “All options are open for the future.”
Good for Dior I say. They’re under much scrutiny, so they might as well take their time making sure they get it right. In the meantime, though, I’m sure we’ll be presented with a collection or two that aren’t quite up to par.
I will give Dior this though, I believe theirs was one of the most racially diverse casts I’ve seen at a high fashion, high profile show. Two points for them.
See a few of my favorite (favorite being relative here) looks from the show, and check out the complete collection at Vogue Italia.
[images via vogue.it, quote via luxuo]
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