Emily Blunt (in Christian Dior) and husband John Krasinski share a laugh on the red carpet at the 2010 Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday (August 29) in Los Angeles. John, who presented an award with January Jones, wore a Prada tux. When Emily and John walked the red carpet together and reporters [...]

True fashion is timeless. When you find a piece that is a classic, the momentary trends take a back seat. You imagine yourself wearing this garment for years to come because you feel exceptional in it as it works with your body perfectly. We all have that one piece, and for the lucky ones a few pieces, which make you feel as though you have truly gotten your money's worth and then some. Take for example, Diane von Furstenberg's iconic wrap dress that was originally released in the 1970's and has maintained its appeal and wearability nearly 40 years later. Amazing!

Another dress to add to that list is the Dior Couture Ivory Dress ($2,976). It's exquisite! The Dior Dress could easily being seen on a celebrity walking the red carpet or for us non-celebrities attending a formal event. Michele Meunier and Olivier Chatnenet are the designers behind the Parisian label, E2, who have reworked this vintage Dior Dress making it wearable for today. The contrast between black and ivory make for a striking presentation. Overall, the dress exudes a delicate and ultra feminine feel with an empire waist, black lace along the neckline, and silk flowers along the sides and at the waist with numerous eyelets accentuating the panel belt all topped off with a black silk ribbon at the rear. Although this dress is a hefty investment, it's one that will last through generations.

If you're interested in other dresses where the Parisian Fashion label E2 have been able to rework and restore, view the gallery below for one of kind garments.

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While Glee took home three Teen Choice Awards, the lovely ladies were all winners on the red carpet, too! There was Lea Michelle, who sparkled in a form-fitting Naeem Khan, accessorizing with intricate Irene Neuwirth diamond rings and Christian Dior wedges, while Naya Rivera looked just as amazing, yet opted for a very different silhouette. Read more & VOTE!

I can't go another day without posting the pictures from Christian Dior 's new ad campaign, ‘Shanghai Dreamers .' Check it out, friends! I have a ton of thoughts about this, mostly 1) What the fuck? Parading this tired bullshit again? More »

Ah yes, just what the world needed more of - patent leather. Ahem, no. I mean patent calfskin leather. The softest leather, for the softest vinyl-like finish. Patent leather is funny because it looks cool on shoes for graduating marines, and hot chicks in questionably themed night clubs. It just has that many purposes... that many personalities.

Dior watches will not be using patent calfskin leather in their new Christal watch collection that hearkens back to a Kennedy era age. JFK, Kennedy that is. Jackie O would have more than likely swooned over this piece with its fascinating asymmetrical design that looks chic, and is actually loosely based on a diver's watch. The markers on the bezel get further apart proportionally, akin the unfolding of a natural spiral. The rest of the watch is pretty much at home in the Christal family. With plenty of diamond decoration, and the usual afterglow of Dior pretentiousness. Nevertheless, nice watches, and that is all we know until Dior graces us with more details.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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ARTINFO - Steven Meisel, one of the premier fashion photographers working today, has teamed up with fashion house Balenciaga (the founder of which, Cristóbal Balenciaga, was once dubbed "the master of us all" by Christian Dior, no sartorial slouch himself) to present the label’s Fall/Winter 2010/11 campaign. Featuring some of the top models of the moment (such as Stella Tennant), Meisel’s series of images is composed of close-up portraits of the models alongside wider shots of the women standing in small groups. All are photographed against a lurid, fiery backdrop that looks one-part Southwestern sunset, one-part blazing wildfire.

Socialite Paris Hilton, who has fronted advertising campaigns for Christian Dior, Marciano and Tommy Hilfiger, says she never wears an outfit more than once.

Socialite Paris Hilton, who has fronted advertising campaigns for Christian Dior, Marciano and Tommy Hilfiger, says she never wears an outfit more than once.

Paris Hilton never wears an outfit twice.The 29-year-old socialite - who has fronted advertising campaigns for the likes of Christian Dior, Marciano and Tommy Hilfiger...

We've always known that Erin O'Connor is more than just a pretty face.

Of course, as far as a modelling career goes, she's up there with the greats. She's modelled in every major show from Donna Karan, Fendi, Gucci, Chanel and Alexander McQueen to Christian Dior to name but a few.

Natalie Portman locked lips with a handsome young man on the set of a Christian Dior ad shoot in Paris earlier this week. She was announced as the new face of the brand's perfume line in June, following past spokesmodels like Charlize Theron. Natalie's a pro with oncamera PDA, including a recent make-out session with Ashton Kutcher for their untitled comedy. Now that filming on that project has wrapped, she'll be moving on to all the other roles she has lined up, like playing a pot-smoking bride-to-be in Best Buds. She'll also be in California later this week when she and her costars start promoting their highly anticipated movie, Thor.

When did she look most glam?

Marion Cotillard is such a unique beauty in my book, which is why when she stepped out in the first frock she debuted for the Inception premiere in London I was let down. Luckily the star turned her style streak around! Although she looked more casual and less carpet-ready in Thakoon, she pulled out my fave look in Paris where she showed up looking like a true star in a strapless Christian Dior — yes, she does wear Dior a lot, but considering how good she looked, I didn’t mind one bit! Read more & VOTE!

Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page premiere their much-anticipated movie, Inception, at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Tuesday (July 13) in Los Angeles. Co-star Marion Cotillard slipped into a sexy L’Wren Scott dress and Christian Dior shoes. Leo and his BFF Lukas Haas both suited up in Emporio Armani. WATCH: “Inception” Premiere Other celebs in the movie who also hit [...]

Marion Cotillard was looking just adorably delightful in Christian Dior at the Paris premiere of her latest flick Inception last weekend. And lucky for her, the girl gets to accessorize with the handsome Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio. Well done, you two. Click through the gallery to see them FTW the red carpet. And for more fantastical fashion check out our coverage at Fashion FAILs & FTWs.

Paris Hilton believes fashion is a form of art.The 29-year-old socialite - who has fronted advertising campaigns for the likes of Christian Dior, Marciano and...

Jessica Alba looks just adorable while getting in touch with her fashionable side at the Christian Dior haute couture show in Paris last weekend. The girl knows how to wear a dress. Click through the gallery to see her back on the fashion scene. And for more fabulous fashion check out our coverage at Fashion FAILs & FTWs.

Jessica Alba steps out in style at the Chanel fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 on Tuesday (July 6) at Grand Palais in Paris, France. The 29-year-old actress checked out the latest fashions at Christian Dior yesterday! Jared Leto (sporting a blonde mohawk) and model Lily Cole also attended the fashion house’s [...]

Christian Dior designer John Galliano kicked off proceedings at the Couture fashion shows in Paris yesterday with a stunning display of floral-inspired fashion.

John Galliano's couture collection for Christian Dior was a parade of flower-inspired party dresses. In the front row, it seemed like celebs had some insight.

The Christian Dior Fall 2010 Couture collection was a veritable bouquet of creativity. Each piece gracefully depicted a tulip, recalling the “Tulip Line” designed by Christian Dior in 1953. John Galliano’s genius knew no bounds as he created the elegant floral presentation in homage to the late designer. The individual pieces worn by the models [...]

IF Christian Dior fashion house has its way we'll all be dressed as flowers with plastic bags on our heads this winter.

Blake Lively sits front row next to Vogue boss Anna Wintour at the Christian Dior Fall/Winter 2010-11 fashion show during Paris Fashion Week held at Musee Rodin on Monday (July 5). Sitting to the right of Anna was her right-hand woman, Vogue creative director Grace Coddington. Just a few months ago, Blake showed off a chic surfer [...]

Fashion Wire Daily - One thing that folks here in Paris always insist gives haute couture a certain validity is that its ideas and inventions eventually translate into real fashion trends, which millions of women end up wearing without ever realizing from where the initial thought came.

John Galliano kept to his classical look at the opening Couture fashion show for Autumn/Winter 2010/2011 on Monday (05.07.10).The Christian Dior designer wowed...

Paris Haute Couture Week is well underway and we've seen some mouth-watering designs on the catwalk already.

Elsewhere on planet fashion, why Chanel and Dior are having a good year plus all the latest fashion news, as it happens.

Monday 5th July Haute Couture Fashion Week kicked off in Paris today and we're already swooning over John Galliano's designs for Christian Dior Autumn/Winter 2010/2011.

Blake Lively dons a pair of fashionable wide leg pants while shooting the first few episodes for the fourth season of Gossip Girl in Paris on Monday (July 5). Looks like a new season of GG but just as many wardrobe changes! The 22-year-old hottie also stopped by the Christian Dior haute couture show on Monday along [...]

Right now, in the Paris hotel rooms of many fashion editors there are bunches of flowers, plastic-wrapped and raffia-tied. When they returned to their rooms after the Dior couture show today, did the attendees make the connection between what they'd just seen on the catwalk and what was sitting in a vase in front of them? Stephen Jones created headgear that looked like a florist's plastic wrap. Someone else contributed the raffia belts. And nature did the rest. "It's the most inspiring teacher," said John Galliano, after a show that was a hymn to all things floral.

Part of his research involved studying real flowers, spending an hour watching the light change on a parrot tulip, for instance. That partly explained the collection's wonderful colors, especially the vibrancy of the dégradé effects. You could attribute the rest to Galliano's contemplation of images by the two great flower photographers de nos jours , Irving Penn and Nick Knight. Dior himself obliged with the silhouette, a tulip shape that Galliano seemed to feel Mr. Christian had never really made the most of. He certainly sorted that out.

Perhaps it was the precision of the inspiration that accounted for the show's clarity, not only in the palette but in the delicate techniques. The fronding, the feathering, the ruching, the ruffling—all duplicated the extraordinary intricacies of flowers. Delicate they may be in nature, but his objects of study gave Galliano free rein to be bold with a coat like a huge inverted daffodil and a dress in black taffeta that was hand-painted with pansies. It's unlikely that when he compared himself to a jardinière tending his blooms, the designer had attendees like Blake Lively, Jessica Alba, and Lou Doillon in mind, but you could imagine them being seduced by his hybrids; the jacket-and-skirt combinations like the white felt over lilac organza, or the jade mohair with a swoop of portrait neckline over a petaled bubble of black organza.

In an Edenic fashion world, this would be the daywear that would fully complement evening dresses of an extraordinary dimension—gigantic domes of tulle overlaid with gloriously colored swags of organza. On the opening day of the Paris couture, the casual insolence of the draped one-shoulder outfit that closed the show was a provocation. "Beat this ," it declared.
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AP - Paris was in full bloom on Monday, as Christian Dior designer John Galliano opened the city's fall-winter 2011 haute couture collections with a hothouse of petal-covered gowns and tulip shaped skirts in a riot of colors.

AP - Paris was in full bloom on Monday, as Christian Dior designer John Galliano opened the city's fall-winter 2011 haute couture collections with a hothouse of petal-covered gowns and tulip shaped skirts in a riot of colors.

PARIS — Backstage at Christian Dior, a simple pair of glasses transformed the show Monday into an extraordinary 3-D screen vision of women as flowers. Petals lapped their hips, colors were a hot...

AFP - John Galliano turned the runway into a lush garden for his exuberant couture show for Christian Dior on Monday, in tribute to the legendary French designer's love of flowers.

Watch catwalk footage from Christian Dior's latest show in Paris, plus, an exclusive backstage interview with John Galliano.

Jared Leto rocks a blonde mohawk and khaki trenchcoat at the Christian Dior runway show during Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 held at Musee Rodin on Monday (July 5) in Paris, France. The 22-year-old British actress/model Lily Cole also was in attendance, sitting front row at the designer’s show. Jared and his band 30 Seconds to Mars [...]

Inspired by the beautiful garden of Christian Dior's childhood home, Galliano presented a fine collection of horticultural ball gowns.

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Jessica Alba gets decked out in Christian Dior at the designer’s runway show during Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 held at Musee Rodin on Monday (July 5) in Paris, France. The 29-year-old actress tweeted earlier in the day, “Just arrived back in Paris to see some haute couture fashions! I’m with two of my favorite girlie [...]

John Galliano's floral-inspired collection for Dior fused a dazzling array of colour-popping shades.

AP - You wouldn't think of John Galliano as having a green thumb, but the Christian Dior designer delivered an immaculately tended flower garden of riotous colors at the luxury label's fall-winter 2011 haute couture show on Monday.

John Galliano turned the runway into a lush garden for his exuberant couture show for Christian Dior on Monday, in tribute to the legendary French designer's love of...

The Côte d'Azur has been getting a lot of love this season, but for Hanii Y, the quintessential French resort destination is Granville—birthplace of Christian Dior—on the northwest coast. The Normandy seaside town inspired the palette of rich azures and cornflower blues, which were contrasted with sun-bleached neutrals. A great eyelet anorak was derived from photos of embroidered lace drapes, and the ropelike cording on dresses and jackets was a nod to the region's seafaring lifestyle.

Hanii Y has been off the New York fashion week schedule for several seasons while the brand's efforts were refocused. If Resort is any indication, the label is back on the right track.
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It’s all about labels today. So let’s label everything. Bags? Check. Shoes? Check. Clothes? Check. Furniture? Check. contact lenses? Wait, what? Yep, contact lenses with fashmonograms on! And it’s not LV as you may expect, oh no! It’s CD from Christian Dior! Wait, there’s more! Not only they’re marked with a sign of a terribly expensive [...]

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Natalie Portman was named the new face of Parfums Christian Dior last week and the actress has already plunged into her spokeswoman duties, donning a...

Hollywood actress Natalie Portman has been named the new face of Parfums Christian Dior.

Actress was quoted in 2009 saying she wouldn't want to do a beauty deal. PHOTOS: Natalie Portman, Celebrity Endorsements Actress Natalie Portman has been named the new face of Parfums Christian Dior, Women's Wear Daily reports.