Simons talked about the presence of nature in the south of France, the huge sky, the big, brutal coastline that was such a turn-on for Picasso and Matisse, so far removed from the precise sobriety of his hometown, Antwerp. "Here, you look at the world differently," he explained. "You look up, up at the sky." And, as if to vindicate everything he'd said and presented, Dior punctuated the postshow drinks with a fireworks display as cloud-bustingly, heaven-rattingly grand as anything you've ever seen. From the terrace of the Palais Bulles, the magic looked like the very least you could expect from this place and this time.