- Title: FRANCE: CHRISTIAN DIOR LAUNCHES AUTUMN AND WINTER FASHIONS FOR 1989.
- Date: 16th March 1989
- Summary: FRANCE: PARIS MARCH 15, 1989 (REUTERS - J. P. Baumont) GVS Models wearing tweed suits, some with fur jackets (3 shots) 0.30 SVS Models wearing fur coats with silk dresses as audience looks on (2 shots) 0.47 SVS AND CU Models wearing evening wear as press photograph (3 shots) 0.57 SV Models with Marc Bohan 0.10
- Embargoed: 31st March 1989 13:00
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- Location: France, France
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- Topics: Entertainment
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- Story Text: Elegant lines, flattering blouses, dramatic black for evening, bold checks, suede skirts in pastels - these are the 1989 autumn and winter fashion declarations by France's House of Christian Dior.
Wednesday's Dior show, a highlight of Paris's vaunted haute couture season, contained the innovative exotic and wonderfully weird. Designer Marc Bohan fashioned a fresh, carefree line, with luscious sunset purples contrasting with suede textures. Waist-hugging, double-buttoned black crepe-and-velvet knee-length dresses, some with wide-scooped decolletages - dramatic, almost stark evening wear for the fashion-conscious customer.
Bohan cut his jackets to flatter the shoulders and the waist, flaring out past the thigh and lending embellishment to an old standard. An effective novelty came from cross-chest wide straps which Bohan used to highlight the swinging culotte suits modelled by Dior's mannequins.
The House of Dior, apparently unconcerned by environmentalists and the burgeoning European "green" movement, also featured several luxurious Mongolian lamb fur pieces.
Bohan's autumn-winter collection has brought the future of haute couture back to Paris following recent years of stiff competition from Milan and London. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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