With Raf Simons on seat, we have seen Christian Dior transform these past two years. Simons took off from where John Galliano and Bill Gaytten left off and proved to the fashion industry and the world that Christian Dior is not just another French-born fashion house; it is French at heart and it is ready to take over the world.

So much unlike which season this collection was meant for, Simons made sure Dior Couture Fall/Winter 2014's show was a beautiful garden for all its goers, including front-row watchers Charlize Theron, Sean Penn, Mario Testino, Bianca Jagger, and LVMH executives, the Arnaults.

With this collection, Simons wants to confront what people now think is modern, which explains the two elements in the collection, which are middle-age European tailoring and modern silhouettes. Wide, voluminous ivory dresses with tight torsos were cut and tailored in the most Edwardian way possible, in contrast to the following sequence of two-piece ensembles which featured cargo pants (what?) and belted jumpsuits. However, these looks still bore embroideries that resonate the Medieval streaks, much to the astonishment of many fashion enthusiasts. Came next were slightly modernized, long-sleeved, thigh-length, body-hugging smock-frocks. The long coats were much less historical. Luxurious fabrics of mink, cashmere and chinchilla in dark colors romanticized the ground-touching coats.

Embellished waistcoats and jackets in pale green, beige, powder pink and baby blue on black turtleneck sweaters and tailored pants adorned the models as they walked coolly and casually with their hands in their pockets. The following sequence consisted of heavily embellished sack dresses snd tailored peacoats and finally, to end the show, was a parade of flowy dresses that sat below the knee, also boasting Edwardian embroideries.

Simons succesfully fashioned a collection that lives up to the part of the history on which it stood, and gave it another shot at the industry.