When video footage of John Galliano's ant-semitic tirade in a Paris cafe went viral, the fashion industry was like:
When Dior ended up firing him, fashion people were just floored.
Despite his extremely offensive remarks, a lot of top people in the industry were like:
When his temporary replacement Bill Gaytten's collections walked, the industry was concerned — depressed, even — by the label's lack of vision.
And then they hired Raf Simons away from Jil Sander, which was a huge deal.
His debut Dior collection for the fall 2012 couture season was so pretty!
Even though some dresses had that weird pleating on the boobs.
Which J-Law evidently liked but made a lot of people be all:
Then Simons moved into ready-to-wear, with his lovely spring 2013 line.
Critics remained enthralled.
When his spring 2013 couture collection came out a few months later...
The fashion world was all:
On Friday, Simons's fall 2013 Dior collection showed at Paris Fashion Week.
It was lovely.
The clothes once again proved this show is an absolute must-see.
I just gave a taxi driver the address for the Dior show. He said, "You're the third person I've taken there. All of Paris is going."
I just gave a taxi driver the address for the Dior show. He said, "You're the third person I've taken there. All of Paris is going."-- Christina Binkley
Cathy Horyn loved it.
Lovely, inspiring Dior show, and not what you might expect. http://t.co/dzRTz7w2ZM
Lovely, inspiring Dior show, and not what you might expect. http://t.co/dzRTz7w2ZM-- Cathy Horyn
And thus, everyone in fashion is just absolutely ecstatic about Simons's ongoing Dior successes.
You just know Anna Dello Russo was there and is now thinking:
Meanwhile Raf Simons is just playing it cool.
Bravo, Raf.
