Can you not love it? (I guess you can...)After what seems ages of dreary uninspired tedium, John Galliano seems to be getting back to his old form. If it seems familiar ground, it is. But what glorious grounds to be cantering back and forth over - and isn't this what couture is all about? It is the romance of clothes and a way of life long past, revisited in vivid clothes. The Cecil Beaton photo of the group of Charles James dresses is an obvious starting point, but the genteel ladies are truly gone, in their stead, female impersonators camping it up with zest! Very drag, I like
Slim Keith (one of Truman Capote's 'swans') wearing Charles James, a deadringer for these Dior looks, down to the 'riding' reference. At the same time, it isn't drag, because there is no ironic distance.
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