Orient Expression
Page 1 Monday s BEAUTY: Lindsay PARIS: A busy Lohan’s new weekend, with s FASHION SCOOPS: self-tanning line, reviews including Diane von page 12. Lanvin, Dries Van Furstenberg Noten and Karl parties in Lagerfeld, Paris, pages 4 to 11. page 16. PARIScollections/fall ’09 Women’s Wear Daily • The Retailers’ Daily Newspaper • March 9, 2009 • $3.00 WwDMONAccessories/Innerwear/LegweardAY Orient Expression John Galliano embraced Orientalism in the beautiful, exotic fall collection he showed for Christian Dior, which was influenced by 18th-century Persian miniatures. Dramatic makeup and dazzling embroideries were among the daring details, as in this ocher silk dress, worn with a big necklace and a helmet of bobby-pinned hair. For more on Paris, see pages 4 to 11. Fashion’s Loyalty Oath: Firms Insist Designers Vow, ‘Devoted to You’ By Miles Socha PARIS — If you’re a talent-laden designer with a buzzed-about signature collection, could a major job at a big fashion house be only a phone call from a headhunter away? Au contraire. Devoted creative directors are the industry’s preference du jour, threatening to send the double-duty-designer model to the scrap heap of fashion history. “At the core of this business, we must have — as much as we can — full dedication,” said Pierre-Yves Roussel, chief executive officer of the fashion division at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, which includes brands such as Celine, Loewe, Givenchy and Emilio Pucci. “Regardless of the talent, the amount of time See Fashion, Page3 PHOTO BY GIOVANNI GIANNONI GIOVANNI PHOTO BY 2 WWD, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009 WWD.COM Investor Writes Down Stake in Valentino By Andrew Roberts and Emilie Marsh today,” sources told WWD at the time.
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