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.