Lifestyle FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2017

Twins TK, left, and Cipriana Quann arrive together at the Cruise Welcome Dinner. Socialite Olivia Palermo, left, and actress Freida Pinto pose together at the Dior Cruise Welcome Dinner.

Chef Flynn McGarry, left, and actress Kiernan Shipka pose together at the Dior Cruise Actresses Jaime King, left, and Juno Temple pose together at the Dior Cruise Welcome Dinner Welcome Dinner. at the Dior Surf Club in . — AP photos Dior lands in LA with beachfront bash ahead of runway show

reida Pinto is loyal to Dior, a company that took a chance "Guerrilla."Pinto was joined by fellow fashionistas Jaime King, collection show, presenting in the Los Angeles suburb of on her before she was famous. During a beachside party in a belted, wide-sleeved gown, and Kiernan Shipka of "Mad Calabasas. "What I always expect from Dior is something that Fhosted by the French fashion house Wednesday, Pinto Men." Shipka said she was channeling one of her new favorite will be elegant, modern, chic, useful, timeless, pushing the bar recalled how Dior was one of the first brands to dress her shows, Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale," with her velvet cloak forward," said King of Thursday's runway show. "It's great that while promoting her Academy Award-winning "Slumdog dress. "What Maria Grazia Chiuri doing is just insane," said people are now bringing high fashion, important fashion and Millionaire" in 2008. She was relatively unknown in Shipka of Dior's creative director. these important designers to our city."--AP and had been turned down by other designers. "It has this backbone of just championing women and just "(They were) accepting and welcoming. You just feel a really honoring them and creating beautiful stuff." The sense of gratitude," said the star of Showtime's relaxed, sunset soiree was a held on the eve of Dior's cruise Roberto Cavalli names new creative director he Roberto Cavalli fashion house stepped down in October. Brand founder has named British designer Paul Roberto Cavalli gave up creative control a TSurridge as creative designer, mak- year and a half earlier as he sold off a ing his debut with the womenswear majority stake. Surridge's experience is spring-summer 2018 collection to be mostly in menswear, including for Acne shown in September. Surridge said Studios, Jil Sander under Raf Simons and Wednesday that he is honored to have Burberry alongside Christopher Bailey. He contributed "a new chapter to the Roberto also worked at Z Zegna as creative director Cavalli universe, which positively cele- and at Calvin Klein in the 1990s.--AP brates the beauty, sensuality and power of women." The fashion house has been without a creative director since Peter Dundas