‘Haute couture aspires to reach great heights ... The A-line shape was derived from the house’s archive – Chiuri has often referenced lesser-known moments in Dior’s history in her collections – seeing ...

Raf Simons, the Belgian antithesis of Galliano, made his house debut with a tour de force couture collection in July 2012, one that moved Dior in a more streamlined, but no less elegant ...