The who's who of the fashion world came out to toss flowers at the feet of Christian

A who's who with the fashion world came out there to toss flowers on the feet of Christian Dior's fresh creative director on Friday, applauding the fresh and also modern approach Raf Simons has had to the feminine extravagance of your grand French atelier.

A Belgian couturier approached oversized expectations for his / her first Dior collection using a decidedly architectural look in which revelled in magnificent understatement. The dwelling has been with out a permanent designer since past star John Galliano lost his balance from grace more than a drunken, racist tirade.

A show saw famous brands French actress Marion Cotillard plus Sharon Stone inside the front row.

Can compete with designers Alber Elbaz regarding Lanvin, Louis Vuitton's Marc Jacobs, Versace's Donatella Versace and also veteran couturier Pierre Cardin were also readily available for the Simons debut in the grand Parisian mansion festooned together with flowers.

"Flower women" is definitely how Christian Dior described his revolutionary 1940s designs that used a good amount of fabric cinched in tightly on the waist to create his / her "New Look" silhouette in which personified post-war elegance and also excess.

This floral idea, deconstructed, determined its way in to the new autumn/winter 2012-2013 Haute Couture assortment, as being the designer identified for minimalism used extraordinary colour and delicate workmanship to regenerate Dior's vision.

Styles navigated a catwalk in which wound through five colour-coded bedrooms whose walls were included floor to ceiling together with either blue delphiniums, white colored orchids, red and orange tulips or pink roses and also peonies.