Dior at Paris couture shows Dior conjured an X-ray vision of the fashion house's history, with a 1950s-themed collection in luminous layers of sheer silk as it headlined day one of the Paris haute couture shows on Monday.				Iris Van Herpen's wild side of couture Paris walked the wilder side of haute couture on Monday night as Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen conjured strange, otherworldly creatures inspired by the teeming, invisible world of the microscopic.         Could neckties be cool again? Now that older men have ditched it to look cool, the stylish young are reclaiming the necktie as their own, with the once-derided accessory making a stealthy comeback on the menswear runways.