Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
Gorgeous exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum looking at the designs of the Dior couture house. This is a wonderfully designed show with the clothes shown in beautiful settings with good use made of mirrors to show of the exhibits and make the space feel larger. It is a bit of a crush because it’s so popular with a few bottle necks, but on the whole it’s easy to see the clothes even if you can’t read the labels. To be honest I was so blown away by the outfits that I stopped reading the text. I didn’t care what they were, they were beautiful. The show covered all the designers who have work for the house but I did find Dior himself came across best. His outfits were what you think of as classic feminine clothes particularly the formal wear. It is what you would draw as a little girl! John Galliano wasn’t going down so well with the slightly older clientele in the day time but I loved their fantasy feel. It’s quite hard to describe specific bits of the show...