Finally the saga ends Christian Dior has finally appointed a new creative designer, Raf Simons today, replacing John Galliano.

We actually do not want to speak of why John Galliano had been made redundant of the post at Dior, but to address how the appointment of Raf Simon is a step forward for the Dior label.

It is not like Christian Dior would hire any rookie for this position, here’s a bit of Simon’s credentials the Belgian born designer was appointed head creative designer at Jil Sander (which is own by the Prada group) during 2005. Although he had presented a number of collections it was noted by many that his 2007 collection for Jil Sander was one that put him in the lime light in the fashion industry (actually after the 2007 collection many put him in the same ranks as Karl Lagerfeld and Azzedine Alaïa).

His 2007 collections and ones thereafter were very tailored and had a hint of femininity, and this is because of the cliental Jil Sander were aiming, they were those of high powered woman, who worked in cut throat industries.

The unique selling point of Jil Sander’s lines were that they were able to shown in a cat work and then could easily be transferrable to everyday work attire and that is why we believe Jil Sander has had much success as of recent.

Our note: We think that Christian Dior have appointed the right designer for the company, Raf Simmon has shown on a number of occasions that he can represent the ideology of Christian Dior however, it must be noted that his designs may not scream out femininity but it does not mean that Raf Simon can’t do Dior justice.

Alot would say that Raf Simon is incomparable to John Galliano and we do agree, John Galliano was a great in his own right but could Raf Simon be the one that changes Christian Dior’s image for the future … we hope so.

p.s. we are really eager to see Dior’s new collection.

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