Not Who You Are, But Who You Wear

Kate Moss in Balmain
*photo by Bauer Griffin


Mischa Barton in Osman Yousefzada
*photo by PA


Charlize Theron in Dior by John Galliano
*photo by Rex Features


Alexis Bledel in Matthew Williamson for H&M
*photo by Film Magic


Helena Christiansen in Matthew Williamson for H&M
*photo by Rex Features

Material Girls

Anne Hathaway in Bill Blass

*photo by Wire Image

Charlize Theron in a Christian Lacroix dress

and Dior ankle boots

*photo by Wire Image

Heidi Klum in RM by Roland Mouret dress

*photo by Wire Image

Mary Louise Parker in Alberta Ferretti dress 

and shoes by Rene Caovilla

Rachel Bilson in Herve Leger, Lanvin shoes

and Romanek Los Angeles clutch

Christian Dior Resort '09

New York City - John Galliano marked the unofficial kickoff to a season that retailers and even editors have all but officially accepted as full-fledged. (Can't you just sense the ticking clock strapped to its haphazard, spread-out schedule?) He did so for the third year running with the full pomp and celebrity we've come to expect chez Dior. Like iron shavings drawn to a magnet, a fleet of town cars bounced along underneath the 59th Street Bridge and disgorged their precious cargo—Jennifer Lopez (with an adoring Marc Anthony), Christina Aguilera, Lauren Hutton, Charlize Theron—outside the soaring, vaulted space of Guastavino's restaurant. ....
A little retail love is likely the guiding force for that continuing direction. (At least one high-living social was heard singing the new collection's praises on her way out.) What this season is really about is not so much breaking the mold as delivering a vision of the good life—and Galliano can do that in spades. – Meenal Mistry; Style.com

*Photos by Marcio Madeira/Style.com