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From the French Riviera, Christian Dior Cruise-Resort 2015/2016

May 12, 2015

With stunning views of the French Riviera and the spatial brilliance of the famed “Bubble House” as a backdrop, Dior faced some serious competition for the best visuals at its cruise show Monday night.

Le Palais Bulles: A utopian project that encompasses earth, sky and sea, where the future is built organically from the forms and architecture of the past. In this Collection Croisiére, Raf Simons, Artistic Director of Christian Dior, looks to the landscape and memory of the South of France.

Gaining inspiration from the colours, textures and light of the natural world of the Cote d’Azur, together with the style of the people who have inhabited it, the designer draws on tradition and technique to realise clothing for today. In so doing, Le Palais Bulles (Bubble Palace) becomes a metaphor for the approach to the collection overall.

The cruise show was back on the Riviera after showing in Brooklyn last spring. This year, Dior selected the Palais Bulles owned by fashion designer Pierre Cardin, nestled in the mountain tops outside of Cannes, which plays host to the film festival that kicks off Wednesday.

from Raf Simons’ seaside spectacular, held at Pierre Cardin’s Bubble House on the Côte d’Azur

The setting for Christian Dior’s latest resort collection couldn’t be more epic: Pierre Cardin’s famous bubble house, perched on the cliffs of the French Riviera, and a spectacle in and of itself. From the curvilinear rooftops to the sweeping views of the Mediterranean Sea, the fashion extravaganza demanded attention from all angles.

The celluloid set was there in all its glory: Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, Zoe Kravitz, Theresa Palmer and Dakota Fanning. Cardin joined them at the intimate show, staged in one of the outdoor spaces of his mansion.

Dior creative director Raf Simons said the collection was inspired by the Riviera, and the looks of some of the dresses reflected the brilliant blues and greens of the ocean, made metallic in a multicolored skirt and a matching dress. There were fashions for a casual beach day and more formal events, and some that required a very specific occasion — a green tweed knitted hot pants body suit, for example.