Tribal chic was how British designer John Galliano, who has been at the helm of Christian Dior for 11 years, described his show in Paris yesterday.
On the catwalk, tough black python jackets, tightly belted at the waist and worn with short, pleated silk skirts were not the average sort of tribal chic fodder the summer collections can often throw up. This was a more sassy tribal woman altogether.
The most obvious reference to the show's title was in the hairstyling - the models' hair was crimped and pulled back into chignons that were shaped like the mini tribal drums usually found on hippy stalls.
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