Raf Simons at Christian Dior really seems to like his florals. At the SS16 show, set at the Louvre courtyard, models emerged from a field of blue delphiniums inside a mountain covered with the same flowers on the exterior.
The collection however started off with monochromes where by now traditional black suits and jackets played a big role, only this time updated by a pleating detail at the bottom. It was only towards the end that hues of pink and blue with occasional stripes in different colours like red or beige appeared.
It looks like we are going to have a season celebrating feminine softness as also at Dior, white mini-dresses, crop-tops and shorts with scallop hems, later worn with an over layer of long striped see-through dresses resembling a soft haze, were introduced.
There was a big focus put on knitwear this season as scallop-edged cropped jumpers with puffy sleeves or none at all and sweaters with a big slit at the front were worn over delicate dresses and separates.
Simons also came up with an update for the parka coat by adding a bottom silk pleated layer along with a floral applique or candy-like stripes.
Models were walking around in pointy shoes on a chunky heel tied around the ankles with big buckles and wore scarfs and minimally bejewelled chokers around the neck with numbers 47 or 1947, the year that Christian Dior presented his first collection, hanging as pendants paired with a single bejewelled hoop earring.
by Sara Hesikova
Images courtesy of Christian Dior