Dior's hanging garden in July 2012
Dior runway show, inside a grand Hôtel particulier in Paris's 16th arrondissement, July 2, 2012. FRANÇOIS GUILLOT/AFP On July 2, 2012, Anna Wintour was among the 600 guests invited to Raf Simons's debut Dior show as the fashion house's new artistic director, held in a private mansion in Paris's 16th arrondissement. Confronted with the spectacular decor, she could only exclaim: "Well!
- ▪Dior runway show, inside a grand Hôtel particulier in Paris's 16th arrondissement, July 2, 2012.
- ▪FRANÇOIS GUILLOT/AFP On July 2, 2012, Anna Wintour was among the 600 guests invited to Raf Simons's debut Dior show as the fashion house's new artistic director, held in a private mansion in Paris's 16th arrondissement.
- ▪Confronted with the spectacular decor, she could only exclaim: "Well!
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Dior runway show, inside a grand Hôtel particulier in Paris's 16th arrondissement, July 2, 2012. FRANÇOIS GUILLOT/AFP On July 2, 2012, Anna Wintour was among the 600 guests invited to Raf Simons's debut Dior show as the fashion house's new artistic director, held in a private mansion in Paris's 16th arrondissement. Confronted with the spectacular decor, she could only exclaim: "Well! Clearly, the budget wasn't an issue!" Five vast rooms with soaring ceilings were completely lined with fresh flowers. Visibly anxious, as seen in the documentary Dior and I (2014) by Frédéric Tcheng, Simons himself was stunned by the grandeur of the staging he had requested. "It's more than Alice in Wonderland," he marveled, between a cigarette and a sob.
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