Dior Haute Couture 2014

DESIGNER: Raf Simons

INSPIRATION: From the designer: “This collection is very historically inspired. It felt like a challenge to look further back in history and see how I could modernize certain aesthetics. That is my constant drive, to make it younger and make it relevant to women in their lives today. Always, to be modern.”

TRENDS: Brocade, corseted silhouettes, floral embroidery, cinched waistlines, full-length coats, feminine trousers, voluminous ball gowns, asymmetrical hems

PALETTE: Black and white with pops of pink, blue and red

WHO WAS THERE: Charlize Theron, Rosamund Pike, Marion Cotillard, Bianca Jagger, Amira Casar, Bianca Brandolini d’Adda, Alexia Niedzielski, Chiara Mastroianni, Elena Perminova, Emma Watson, Isabelle Huppert, Victoire de Castellane, Jennifer Lawrence, OIivia Palermo, Marisa Berenson, Valerie Trierweiler, Zhang Ziyi

WHO SHOULD WEAR IT: Well, Jennifer Lawrence, obviously. As well as any woman who likes to walk into a room and totally command it.