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(8 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST music on catwalks not cleared for use. replace with your own clearable music AP Entertainment Paris, France 6 March 2009 1. Exterior of marquee 2. Various backstage preps 3. Arrival of guests to fashion show 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Marisa Berenson, actress / model: "Always, I mean he's a very, well you know, magical person, John, and he's an artist and he's inspired by other artists, so his shows always have that touch of inspiration, very baroque, very theatrical, very glamorous. It's sort of a dream. A dream come true, you know, that one can be inspired by and it's sort of uplifting in these dark times, you know. It's good that there are people who still make us dream." 5. Arrival of guests to fashion show 6. Various shots Eva Green 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Eva Green, actress: "I mean, I have no idea what the mood is going to be like or the styles there will be a show...a surprise so it's exciting." 8. Cutaway Eva Green 9. Various shots Dior catwalk show 10. Finale Dior catwalk show 11. Medium of John Galliano taking a bow 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilary Alexander, Fashion Director of The Daily Telegraph: "Lots of orientalism and it's like the thousand and one nights except I think John made it the thousand and third, because the thousand and second was staged by Paul Poiret and then John just made it one thousand and three." STORYLINE DIOR'S SUMPTUOUS SHOW Asian influences infused the sumptuous, sequin-embroidered silks and astrakhan outerwear gracing the catwalk Friday (MAR 06) at the Christian Dior ready-to-wear show. Dior designer John Galliano borrowed from elements of Mughal, Turkish and Mongolian dress for the fall 2009-winter 2010 collection, adapting them to the French label's signature style which was forged in the 1940s by Dior himself. Ethnic black and white fabric lent the hallmark Dior skirt suit an Eastern touch, while drop-crotch pants that flared to wide triangles through the knees and tapered tight around the ankles were more overtly Mughal looking. A pantsuit in canary yellow with layers of flowing, flouncy skirts and eye-popping Ceylon beadwork around the neckline looked as if it had been plucked out of an Iranian miniature. Celebrities at the show, which was held in a giant tent in the Jardin des Tuileries, included Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of Dior parent company LVMH, and actress Charlize Theron, the face of Dior's J'adore perfume line. French actress and former Bond girl Eva Green, the face of the label's Poison perfume, described Dior shows as"very theatrical, very glamorous." "I mean, I have no idea what the mood is going to be like or the styles there will be a show...a surprise so it's exciting." she told reporters outside the tent, adding that she was dressed in head-to-toe Dior. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
