Mon 21 May 2007
A master miner and appropriator of exotic locales, history and visual culture, fashion designer John Galliano always wears his references on his sleeve - make that his model’s sleeves - so it wasn’t hard to pinpoint the cornucopia of inspirations translated into Dior Cruise 2008, the latest collection he designed for the Parisian fashion house, which celebrates its 60th anniversary and Galliano’s 10th anniversary with the label this year.
For the second year in a row, Dior imported the show for this seasonally transitional collection to New York, staging it on Monday night in a raw space located in a building near the site where the Twin Towers once stood. The show began just as the sun was setting, casting a muddy pink glow over New Jersey whose blazing horizon formed the backdrop for the luxury label’s flashy resort offerings.