As John Galliano has been the designer of Christian Dior since 1997 till now. My color trend analysis will mainly focus on him to forecast spring/summer 2010 Christian Dior Haute Couture based on the other designers like Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferre and mainly Christian Dior.
"Dior" has a meaning of gold. Palace of versailles is an important place in France which decorates mainly in gold color. So, gold is a main conceptual color for Christian Dior. Besides, gold color can be linked to many other concepts like Egypt and India. In s/s 2004 haute couture, John Galliano used gold color entirely from neck to toes in some of his designs to show the feeling of Egypt. In s/s 2006 and 2003, there were outfits in gold color. Gianfranco Ferre was influenced by India, gold color was applied in many of his outfit. Dior's designers sometimes might not use gold color in the whole outfit but at least they used gold color in some detail parts e.g. gold embroidery or print like s/s 2005, s/s 2007, s/s 2008 and s/s 2009. John Galliano is influenced by Chinese cheung sam and Japanese kimono which are embroided with gold color. So gold color will be seen in s/s 2010 Christian Dior Haute Couture.
"New Look", this stunning outsit amazed people and it represented the start of the brand. This look consisted of black and white. So, we can see how important black and white colors are for Christian Dior. These two colors show femininity and elegance. "Femininity and elegance" is the idea of Dior. Femininity is the central to John Galliano's creations. He said "my role is to seduce". There are black and white ( may also add gray ) in almost every collection of Christian Dior. So, achromatic color scheme is widely used in Dior's collection. And John Galliano will apply this in s/s 2010 Dior Haute Couture.
John Galliano left class for seeing opera during his schooling. The dramatic design and use of color of costumes affect John Galliano so much. His design and use of color is thus bold and exaggerating. He also influenced by his spanish mother. His design is so colorful due to the colorful spanish fabrics and exotic culture. In s/s 2008, John Galliano used almost all color ranges: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. John like to use yellow, red, green/blue. Analogic and Complimentary Color Scheme is adopted and it will continue to apply in s/s 2010 Dior Haute Couture.
Red always appears in Christian Dior collection. But why is red? Because it is the color of flag of French ( blue, red and white ). It represents the spirit of French and Dior as the origin of Dior is French. The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France. Nepoleon is an important person to John Galliano. He used The French Revolution as the theme for his guaduate fashion show. This is a bloody war. John Galliano used red color in s/s 2006 collection to present this theme. Influenced by Spain, John used red color extensively esp. vibrant red. See the bullfight in spain, the cloth is red and the bullfighter dresses in gold. John dressed as a bullfighter in s/s 2007 haute couture fashion show. Sometimes the bullfighter dress in gold and bluegreen. Spanish dresses are in red, pink and purple. Spanish flag is in red and yellow ( see picture above ). These combinations are always seen in John's collection. So, red, yellow, pink, purple, bluegreen and gold will be adopted in s/s 2010.
John Galliano always gets inspiration from arts and cultures, like theatre, painting, Japan-Kimono, Chinese culture, egypt and spain. The range of the color thus varied a lot according to that year of travelling experience and inspiration. Next year John Galliano will also use one of the art work to get inpirated.
Many people are concerned about the limitation of design due to the financial suinami. But this doesn't affect John Galliano. He has commented about this topic: we ( designers ) has the duty to be creative and innovative to design the best outfit for cutomers. John will just use colors whatever he likes.
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