Dior Revives the Iconic Bar Jacket

This is the 2015-16 Autumn/Winter Paris Haute Couture collection. Dior created a "Garden of Delights" constructed from vividly colored glass, with a purple turf carpet covering the floor.

The white chiffon dress that opened the show exuded an innocent image with its breathtaking transparency. Over this chiffon dress, a cape was layered, featuring voluminous fur sleeves on one side. The silhouette was balanced with a dramatic, oversized collar and an A-line cut. Volume was added with mink and chinchilla combined with cashmere, creating a large collar and an asymmetrical hem. The cape's lining was a reversible crepe de chine, pleated as used in dresses. The Atelier Tailleur, specializing in suits and coats, and the Atelier Flou, for dresses, united to create a new silhouette. This initiative began with Raf Simons. Classic A-line dresses with unexpected pointillist prints, and the iconic Bar jacket, were also modernized with dramatically widened cuffs. This collection, named the "Garden of Delights," challenged a new Dior by intersecting allure with elegance, and classicism with modernity.

Fendi Unveils Its First Couture Collection

Fendi presented its first-ever collection composed entirely of couture fur, named "Haute Fourrure," in Paris. Exquisite furs like lynx and sable were adorned with couture techniques such as embroidery and patchwork. While typically all Italian-made, this season also featured a butterfly motif embroidered by Lesage, a renowned Parisian embroidery house. The show, held at the Tokyo National Museum to commemorate Fendi's 50th anniversary in Japan, drew Asian clientele. With couture pieces averaging 50 million yen, the focus was also on Asian customers.