Dior
Of the Big Six of French Fashion Royalty, asked whom I think is the finest fashion house in Paris I'd say unequivocally the House of Dior is and always has been the pinnacle. Check out some of the imagination and technique on this season's creations. For me it's like looking at pure art. Oddly, Dior only ran his baby for ten years from 1947 till his death in 1957. After that it was the legacy of a succession of in-house designers interpreting a unique dialect of fashion Dior left behind.
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Dior
Dior
Dior
Valentino
Valentino
Pure Valentino!
Valentino
Valentino
ValentinoGivenchy
GivenchyGivenchy concentrated on Grecian-inspired and flowing relaxed silhouettes this season.
Givenchy
Givenchy
Givenchy
Jean Paul Gaultier
GaultierFor me Gaultier's work is so solid in technique his whimsy seems more innovation. The level of his style is what Betsey Johnson might have reached had she been born and apprenticed among the French design elite and honed the wildchild in her.
Gaultier
Gaultier
Chanel
ChanelIt's almost as if Mademoiselle herself were looking down upon her empire to this very day.
Chanel
Chanel
Chanel Larcroix
Chanel
Christian Lacroix
LacroixThis bridal veil is magnificent sporting a bowl of fruit under layers of white tulle.
