Rihanna—& Her Pink Mink Cape—Steal the Show at Dior
Rihanna in Dior AW15 at the brand’s Friday morning runway show in Paris.
BadGalRiRi and Dior might sound like opposites, but you know what they say. Rihanna managed to make a fur-lined cape by the brand look downright cool, thanks in no small part to the thigh-high patent leather boots with which she accessorized. The two definitely attract.
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Elizabeth Olsen in all black at Dior’s SS16 show.
Olsen was in town for Mary-Kate and Ashley’s The Row presentation, but was happy to take in the Dior extravaganza as well. “It’s always a beautiful spectacle,” she told us.
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Emilia Clarke in a black blazer dress with red and navy blue shoes at Dior’s SS16 show.
Emilia Clarke left her stark (get it?) blonde Game of Thrones wig on set and attended the Dior show with her natural brown hair, styled in a lob and parted in the center.
The Blonde Salad’s Chiara Ferragni showed off new bangs at Dior’s SS16 show.
The Italian fashion blogger dazzled—literally—in a sequined silver turtleneck, paired with sock boots and a gladiator-like skirt.
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Leelee Sobieski looks like she’s heading to a nunnery instead of Dior.
The actress layered chunky necklaces over a long white turtleneck dress, paired with gold platform sandals and a California glow.
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Cressida Bonas wears white to Dior.
Prince Harry’s on-again, off-again girlfriend Cressida Bonas popped up at Dior looking far more casual than her front row counterparts. The It-Brit almost looked like a California surfer girl with her blond highlights and brown suede ankle booties.
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The future according to Raf Simons.
While the clothes were romantic, the venue itself was quite stark. A “soft, fluid landscape of the future,” is how he described it in the show’s notes. Landscape artist Eric Chauvin erected a mountain of flowers in the Louvre’s courtyard, which, according to Elle.com, took more than 300 hours of manual labor to plant the more than 400,000 flowers.
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Dior’s delphinium mountain at the Louvre.
Raf Simons’ love of flowers means show-goers are guaranteed a fragrant experience. This season, there was a literal mountain of purple delphiniums.
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A side view of the flower mountain from the Louvre’s palace courtyard.
The 59-foot-high mound of purple and blue blooms took up 21,527? square feet and were planted in real soil.
The Dior dome in all its glory.
Fashion show attendees were treated to a visual delight with Raf Simons’ latest show.
Head-to-toe stripes got a romantic makeover from Dior for SS16.
All over stripes aren’t just for jailbirds, according to Dior. Among floaty and sheer pieces, these elements were combined with an otherwise tough motif in a pink and purple horizontal striped ensemble.
Sheer was shown in the form of flare pants on the runway.
Sheer white flare pants with opaque bloomers underneath put the see-through trend into a new light.
The collection wasn’t all lightweight and flouncy fabrics.
Included amongst the soft-as-clouds skirts and tops were structured pieces as well, such as this brown and white sleeveless vest with a pleated hemline.
A pair of shoes sure to be seen on every fashion lover in a few months.
Chunky heels stomped down the runway with a pointy toe. Multiple variations of color blocking were seen with different looks. Place your pre-order now!
Silk scarves and chokers came together to make the ultimate ‘90s accessory.
Combining a silk scarf and jeweled choker into one neckpiece, Dior just created the high-fashion accessory of every grownup ‘90s girl’s dreams.
A metallic silver bag being carried down the Dior runway,
You better believe that Jennifer Lawrence, the face of Dior handbags, will be carrying this aluminum foil-like purse before it even hits stores.
Rihanna’s in the delphinium house! Three days into Paris Fashion Week, the fashion crew was blessed with a real A-lister. The newest face of Dior arrived to the brand’s runway show in a pink cape with fur sleeves and aviators, managing to steal the pre-show from the massive, mountainous display of over 400,000 purple and blue flowers just inside the Louvre’s storied archway.
Artistic Director Raf Simons likened the decor to a “soft, fluid landscape of the future” in his show notes and compared to the historic surroundings, the brightly-lit stark white venue did feel a bit like walking into an alternate reality—one filled with ridiculously good looking people, of course. Emilia Clarke, Leelee Sobieski, and Erin O’Connor were among the front row attendees (with the aforementioned superstar, who was protected by two hulking bodyguards swatting away anyone with a camera phone.)
Further down the line, Elizabeth Olsen sat quietly taking in the somewhat raucous environment before the lights went down and the curtain went up. “It’s always a beautiful spectacle,” she said of Dior shows. “Like a theatrical event, and that’s what I like about it.” The extravaganza was her second show of the week, after her sisters’ hush-hush spectacular for The Row, which was held at the 17th-century Château de Courances. “Their show this year was probably one of the most beautiful events that I have ever been to,” she told Yahoo Style. “I’m so incredibly proud of them. They have the best taste in the world, but I’m not surprised, I’m always blown away by them and their talent and skill.”
New Order’s “Elegia” pumped through the speakers while models in white lingerie-inspired cropped tops and shorts with scalloped hems traipsed down the runway. The transparent pieces became the foundation for the collection — worn under thick, cropped Shetland knit sweaters, pleated parkas, and updated Bar jackets. Victoriana clearly inspired the bias-cut slip dresses revealing cotton undergarments, but it didn’t feel antiquated at all. Nearly everyone was gawking at the shoes — pointy-toed flats with buckles that wrapped around the ankles. Forget moon boots, in Simons’ stylized version of the future, everyone is well-heeled and glamorous, thankyouverymuch. Also worth noting? The oh-so-chic scarves overlaid with grosgrain ribbon chokers adorning the neck of nearly every model.
As expected the fashion crowd was impressed. “Delicate versus dynamic. and the two came together,” O’Connor told us on her way out. “Raf is a message carrier of the modern. You know when you see the models walking on the set—you can envision women wearing these pieces. It’s not showy. We all want to feel beautiful.”
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