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Raf Simons and Karl Lagerfeld, design directors at Dior and Chanel, respectively, showed how haute couture would figure in the new century. Pure and simply ravishing, their collections during the recent Paris Couture Week were forever young and modern in cut, shape and color.
In his seventh collection, his third as haute couturier, Christian Dior designer Raf Simons is charting the direction of the house, long after John Galliano’s controversial exit. Simons is giving clients true empowerment and freedom of choice.
Chanel was ugly, Giambattista Valli was uglier and Alexis Mabille was ugliest. But at Dior, Raf Simons’ second couture collection was the most beautiful. It is Haute Couture Week in Paris, and out of only five fashion shows, Dior’s was a knockout triumph.
Raf Simons, the 44-year-old Belgian designer, showed his dazzling debut couture collection for Dior last week.
