Sophie Harris-Greenslade Nails it For Dior At Harrods And Offers Manicures To Match The Fashions.

DIOR's month-long takeover of Harrods has as much to offer beauty fans as it does fashion, with the department store's hallowed beauty hall playing host to exciting events, treatments and limited-edition products.




A series of nail art designs inspired by the fashions created by Raf Simons for the Christian Dior spring/summer 2013 collection is now available as part of Dior's Harrods takeover.







Until April 16, nail artist Sophie Harris-Greenslade, also known as The Illustrated Nail, will be treating customers to exclusive nail designs based on Raf Simons' spring/summer 2013 creations for Dior.


above: Nail artist Sophie Harris-Greenslade of The Illustrated Nail (photo courtesy of Look At Me)

Two limited-edition Dior Vernis nail colours have also been created especially for the event - the pale pink Diorling and the metallic grey Windsor.



The designs take their cue from Simons' dreamy florals, clashing hues and clean lines. Impressively, appointment fees are redeemable against the purchase of two Dior products - so you can save your funds for something decadent from the pop-up Dior at Harrods café (or indeed from the fashion section) instead.

Appointments with Sophie herself are available every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Dior at Harrods until April 14. Call 0207 754 0444 to book.



You can shop for Dior beauty exclusives online at Harrods here

A look at the Dior takeover of Harrod's:

Despite Duo Dior Dress Debacles, Jennifer Lawrence Is Picture Perfect In New Miss Dior Campaign.

Despite her difficulties donning Dior Couture - she experienced one wardrobe malfunction at The 2013 SAG awards (photo below) and her pink Dior Couture gown caused her to trip ascending the stairs to collect her Best Actress Oscar at last week's Academy Awards - Jennifer Lawrence is the new face of Miss Dior's Spring handbag line and was photographed by Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre for the new ad campaign (images shown further down in the post).



above: Not one, but two, Dior dress debacles for Jennifer Lawrence as she goes to the stage to receive her honors at the SAG Awards and The Oscars, respectively.

In the new stunning color and black and white photos the 22 year old actress wears pieces from Dior's Spring 2013 ready-to-wear collection including a white tuxedo dress, a black trouser suit, a netted veil and the key styles from the Miss Dior handbag line.





Jennifer told WWD: 'It's such a dream to represent an iconic brand that is synonymous with high fashion. It's impossible to be in the industry without getting even the slightest introduction to fashion.'




Ever since the actress was named as the new face of the handbag line, replacing actress Mila Kunis, she has hit the red carpet during the 2013 awards season in a string of stunning Dior gowns and dresses:




above: Jennifer Lawrence wearing seven different Dior gowns or dresses to award shows and premieres

Dresses include the troublesome midnight blue dress that she wore to the SAG Awards in January, the embellished blush pink gown that she chose for the BAFTAs last month and, most recently, the pale pink and white Fairytale-like strapless gown she donned to collect her Best Actress Oscar.

And if you are not aware of the hilarious viral Dior Ad spoof by i-nsan, take a look:



A look at the making of the Miss Dior handbag campaign:

additional info courtesy of Marie Claire 

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Willy Vanderperre

What Do Depeche Mode, Dior and Versailles Have In Common? Secret Garden, A Short Fashion Film by Inez and Vinoodh.

With a great song by Depeche Mode, stunning couture, sexy models and the luxurious Versailles Palace and Gardens as a backdrop, how can you go wrong? (Okay, so I could've done without the tear at the 2:30 mark...)



Photographers/directors Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin celebrate the newest collection from fashion house Dior with Secret Garden, a three minute and 41 second film featuring the looks of the Fall 2012 collection.



Model Daria Strokous invites you to follow her on a wondrous path that winds through the Galerie des Glaces, through the palace's endless interconnecting salons, as far as the grand tree-lined walks that sweep through the classic parkland à la française.





Along the way she's joined by fellow models Melissa Stasiuk and Xiao Wen Ju for a dreamlike fashion show where Versailles is transformed into Christian Dior's secret garden, his emblematic château. D'or et Dior.




credits:
Dior "Secret Garden Versailles" (long version)
Film by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin,
Models : Daria Strokus, Melissa Stasiuk and Xiao Wen Ju
Creative Direction : Robert Lussier & Mia Forsgren
Music : Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence"
Editor : Otto Arsenault
DP : Léo Hinstin
Lighting Director for Inez & Vinoodh : Jodokus Dreisen
Steadicam : Eric Bialas

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A Lavish Look at Christian Dior's Legacy and The Art That Inspired It.

above: Dior's Suzurka-San Coat, 2007 and below it, Hiroshige's The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa, 1848

Moscow's Pushkin Museum presents Inspiration Dior, a comprehensive exhibit of Christian Dior's breathtaking fashions and the art that played a role in inspiring them.


above: Dior's "Linda Vojtova" , 2007-08 inspired by the Goya painting below it

"The best way to describe this exhibit is with Christian Dior's own words: 'The history of Parisian fashion is not a vanity fair, but a representation of culture,'" said veteran Pushkin Museum director Irina Antonova.


above: Dior's Forcement short trench coat, 1991 and below it, a drawing of Dior's Bar Suit by Christian Berard, 1947

The exhibit features the jewelry, the perfumes and of course, the pieces of Dior as well as many paintings that influenced the designs and styles. Nine rooms in the museum showcase Dior fashions from 18th century-influenced designs to images of today's celebrities donning his gowns. The exhibit has been grouped into the following categories; New Look, Lines and Bodies, Dior and the Eighteenth century, Bell Epoque, Dior Balls, The Gardens of Dior, Dior: Gold and Gold, Dior Around The World, Fine Jewellery, The Atelier or Art of Haute Couture, The Magic of Dior Perfumes and Stars in Dior .


above: Dior's "Koh-I-Noor Dress", 1996-97 and John Singer Sargent's La Camencita, 1900

above: Dior's Black and White silk faille coat, 2002 and Varvara Fiodorovna Stepanova's Casual Dress design, 1923-24

Paintings by Klimt, Renoir, Sargent, van Gogh and others that nourished Dior's inspiration are on loan from the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, the Versaille Museum and Moscow's Tretyakov gallery.

Many of the Dior dresses on exhibit:













Some of the accompanying pieces of art:







Text about the exhibit from the museum:

February 12th, 1947: Christian Dior presents his first collection at Avenue Montaigne. The revolution is underway and the New Look is born. With it, The House of Dior enters the world of legend.

Unknown until that moment, the genius designer who revered the French way of life entered a triumphant decade, providing women with regal bearing and a sublime look. Skirts were longer, shoulders were softened and waists were cinched. A Dior flower-women blossomed in the post-war era, and outrageously splendid, was soon to conquer the world with infinite grace.

New and highly innovative, the exhibition demonstrates how inspiration has nourished the heart of Dior for decades. This amazing journey guides the visitor through the Dior artistic creative sources of fashion and its links to history, nature, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and film. It reveals now an idea, a feeling, an era, a garden, a perception or even a smell can instill an idea in the heart and mind, giving rise to a unique creation.

In this major exhibition, the Pushkin Museum showcases Dior magic and luxury whilst emphasizing the outstanding House’s links with art.

The key themes of the Dior legend – past and present on a grand scale in original fashion, set against unique works of art. It is a journey of corresponding elements and magical synergies, where the New Look is echoed in works by Picasso, Modigliani, Renoir, Cezanne or even Gauguin. Nudes by Vanessa Beecroft, Maurizio Cattelan and Orlan emphasise the gloriously modern lines of the female body, accentuated by Christian Dior.

This waltz through time enchants the visitor with lush gardens and recollections of the 18th century and the Belle Époque. Marie-Antoinette meets Jeff Koons, Bonnard’s landscapes celebrate Dior’s flower-women and the Egyptian goddesses from spring summer 2004 establish a radiant, golden destiny.

The Dior grand balls are also celebrated in all their glory in an enchanted setting where Ingres’ aristocrats admire breathtaking crinolines and haute couture gowns. The visitor is then transported around the world with Dior via Goya’s Spain, Matisse’s heady orient and of course, Russia and Asia.

The world of Dior beauty also provides the opportunity to view René Gruau’s strikingly modern illustrations and allows the Russian plastic artist, Olga Kisseleva to create an installation exploring the sensual and sensory universe of Dior perfumes.

A mirror effect of deliberate similarities lays down the framework of this exceptional exhibition, in which the quest for ideal beauty creates the link between Christian Dior, genius couturier, and the impressive and unexpected gallery of great masters.

As monsieur Dior said: “Finally everything that has been part of my life – whether I wanted it or not – has expressed itself in my dresses”.

"Inspiration Dior" runs until July 24 at The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.