Look 36, a short black minidress with ruffles on the shoulder, was a kind of coda for the collection. It harked back to the time when Yves Saint Laurent designed his A-line collection for the house, ...

Keely Hodgkinson, Anais Gallagher and Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia Spencer were among the A-listers sitting front row ...

Chiuri incorporated the boxy construction of founder Christian Dior’s Cigale design in looks like a black lampshade dress sparkling ... rococo — think draped pouf skirts, lacy culottes ...

British designer Richard Quinn created a winter wonderland and brought back Dior’s ‘new look’ silhouette ... and sumptuous silks, poufs and ruffles began to spill out onto the runway.

British designer Richard Quinn created a winter wonderland and brought back Dior’s ‘new look’ silhouette ... and sumptuous silks, poufs and ruffles began to spill out onto the runway.

Left: Giambattista Valli gowns went full pouf ... Dior. Creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri has previously leant on a fluid, Grecian look for her couture collections, with twisting column ...