{"id":2441,"date":"2013-01-25T19:47:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T03:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2013-01-25T19:55:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T03:55:40","slug":"assiut-inspiration-in-high-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2013\/01\/assiut-inspiration-in-high-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Assiut – Inspiration in High Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dior-skinny\"I love this assiut dress! \u00a0Images of this gown have appeared all over the web for the past decade. Usually, this dress is just tagged as assiut, or included in an unlabeled collection of fashion images. The year that this picture appeared in Vogue, I tore it out and pinned it to my inspiration wall. \u00a0I grabbed two images, one from British Vogue (at left) and American Vogue (below top) I loved the excessive decadence, supreme luxury, and retro glam, including numerous allusions to bohemian styles of the first two decades of the 20th century. \u00a0But who designed this dress?<\/p>\n

British designer Johan Galliano included this in his fall 1997 haute couture collection for the French fashion house Christian Dior. \u00a0 He had only been the head designer for a year, and needed a major statement to really cement his role. \u00a0Images from his collection appeared in virtually every fashion magazine that fall.<\/p>\n

For American Vogue, editor Grace Coddington visualized decadent gowns in a magical garden. \u00a0She put this fantastic gown on model Carolyn Murphy and styled her with an over the top red-orange wig dashing across a lawn. \u00a0The photo was shot by Peter Lindbergh and was featured as part of a 10 page spread.<\/p>\n

Here’s the opulent, over-the-top fashion show where the gown first appeared – can you spot it in this video? \u00a0 Be aware, Model Shalome Harlow appears in a topless gown, so this may not be safe for peeking at in every environment.<\/p>\n