Lookbook: Christian Dior Resort 2014

The venue of Christian Dior Resort 2014 presented in Monaco certainly has a special meaning for the firm. Historically, there was the connection between Christian Dior and Princess Grace, when the extra wore a Dior wedding gown from her 1956 union to Prince Rainier. At present, this new collection stages both an homage to the house's heritage and likewise a signal of a new era of the relationship, echoed by the friendship between Raf Simons and the principality's Princess Charlene.

The line-upward itself is about the speed of life. Simons pursued a non-literal interpretation of the color, silhouettes, and culture associated with America's 50s automotive boom, involving the debut of a series of zig zag patterns and asymmetrical hemlines to highlight the theme. For the get-go time, Raf Simons also incorporated lace into his pieces, working the textile into everything from sheer blouses and fitted crop tops to modified coatdresses and relaxed sheaths.

Standard Dior themes like florals, coat dresses, flowing feminine dresses, and sculpted shouldered suits are presented throughout the collection. Hoping to become a regular fixture in more women's day wardrobes, the collection moving ridge in a new fluid sporty dynamism too, while a sly reference to Grace Kelly's role in Hitchcock'southward cat-infiltrator moving-picture show 'To Catch A Thief' refers to the collection's brilliant yellow, orange, and blue silk scarves by Stephen Jones.