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With Hollywood's A-list at home getting ready for Sunday's Academy Awards, the front row at Paris Fashion Week is missing its star wattage. At Christian Dior , politicians filled the void. "It was a beautiful mix of excellence, elegance and style," Ms. Lagarde said, dashing out from backstage to her car.  

John Galliano, the Christian Dior creative director, is veritably consistent, albeit this season with a delightful libertine twist. In January, Galliano presented a Dior haute couture collection with a rich equestrian theme and this Friday, March 5 in Paris, his fall 2010 ready-to-wear rode off on the same track, but took in pit stops with some pushily elegant daywear and a delightful boudoir moment before cantering into a beautiful Barry Lyndon finale. The designer went back to his Anglo roots with t

This season Dior takes up the heroic spirit of French romanticism and Mr. Dior’s beloved English riding tweeds. I was inspired by the drape, line and cut as well as the characters of the era. I wanted to create a new luxury, and new lover, in the romance of the seductive libertine of Dior   -John Galliano

 

Keeping up on the latest looks, the stars were out for the Christian Dior Autumn-Winter 2010/2011 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris, France on Friday (March 5). Leading the pack was "Mean Girls" actress Lindsay Lohan , who swapped in and out of a few different outfits as she readied for the Paris Fashion Week catwalk display. Also on hand, was Oscar winning beauty Charlize Theron , who snatched up a prime front row seat alongside Bernard and Delphine Arnault.  

The lusty, 17th century libertine, the 2nd Earl of Rochester, and more than a handful of his semi-clad courtesans, inspired the swashbuckling and romantic collection John Galliano showed for Christian Dior at the Paris prêt-à- porter season. The British-born Galliano was in his element, plundering the wardrobe of the debauched aristocrat and bawdy poet, once the toast of England's "Restoration Court", as interpreted by Johnny Depp, in the 2004 movie, "The Libertine". The hats, incidentally, designed b  

The overwhelming trend in our picks for women's Pre-Fall 2010 collections is nostalgia for the past. Burberry Prorsum and Christian Dior found inspiration in military clothing and accessories. Lanvin redesigned the look of a French countrywoman, adding a posh, exotic flair, and Yves Saint Laurent channeled 1930s and 1940s glamour.  

Celebrated getting on the best-seller list by not firing anyone. Gives Yves Saint Laurent a run for his money with a musical in the works. Returned to London fashion week only two months after giving birth.  

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading Luxury Group, introduces its exciting new web platform, NOWNESS.com. Beginning today, NOWNESS will showcase an exclusive daily premiere of the most inspiring stories influencing contemporary arts and global lifestyle. NOWNESS reflects LVMH’s desire to offer an editorial website that covers the full spectrum of luxury and the art of living with the level of creativity, innovation a  

Look out YSL , Christian Dior is the latest iconic designer set to be immortalized by way of a musical. PAPER magazine recently spoke with Malcolm McLaren , the cultural savant behind the Sex Pistols and punk, about the state of his Dior musical, which was first announced back in 2008. "This project has stayed in my heart for a long time. And as I struggle with it, and will it into production, I believe it will emerge triumphant," he says.  

At Sample Sale Heaven's Designer Lingerie & Heels Sale , shoppers can discover obscenely marked down (+70% off) designer lingerie while sipping signature cocktails (not free). Shoppers will find delicate lace sets, luxurious silk negliges, dainty bralettes and vampy corsets at scandalous prices from; Christian Dior, Roberto Cavalli, Cotton Club, Lauren Urbinati, Blumarine & La Perla. Christian Dior embroidered silk corset originally $455, now $125.