March 7, 2011 Christian Dior by Antonia Leslie The light in Paris was particularly beautiful on the day of the Christian Dior show. That pale lemon spring sunshine bathed all the policemen trying desperately to control the ever mounting traffic problems near the Rodin museum. It left me with the feeling that we were all extras acting a film . A few minutes later I was standing in the blackness of the velvet lined tent listening to a speech given to express the views of LVMH about the never ending saga surrounding John Galliano. The transparent ice coloured stage and the blue white light on Mr Toledano as he read from three sheets of paper, gave the impression that the CEO of Dior was giving an introduction, but no name was mentioned. Galliano was referred to only as the designer. Read the full review