Nipped waists, flared hips and delicate pleats: Dior's new designer Raf Simons on Friday offered up all the ingredients of the house's iconic silhouette, reworked for a "sensual" 21st century woman. Inspired by Dior's classic "bar" suit -- nipped waist and gently flared hips -- a dinner-jacket reworked as a tiny black dress, both elegant and terribly sexy, probably best defined the look.

Delicate pleats adorned little jackets by day, while for evening Dior's woman slipped into long skirts of rose-print satin in white, pink or metallic blue, beneath simple silk and cashmere knit tops.

Mini-dresses wrapped around the body, with a double-sided coloured flare furling out at one side, while bustier-dresses of pink or yellow satin curled around the bust, above tiny black wool shorts.