Kim Jones takes another step to erase gender borders in his new male collection for Dior, with embroidered sequins in the models's sweaters, but the designer does not make illusions: the fashion world lives in a bubble.
For the autumn/winter collection he presented yesterday in the French capital, Jones offered a male version of the iconic female bar jacket, with which Christian Dior showed up in 1947, when the designs created for women for women.
No one is surprised by those details.
Dior men carry delicate pink sequins embroidered in the sweaters, jackets knotted at the waist level and wide and generous pants.
A blouse opens completely vertically on the model's back.
Kim Jones also bet on his Parisian parade, celebrated as usual in an imposing stage installed in the Tublerías gardens, for an association with the Birkestock Shoes brand.
Last Tuesday was the new brand of Parisian Fashion Week Egonlab that was associated with the Crocs plastic sandals brand.
Dior rebuilt at almost natural a balustrade of the elegant bridge of Alejandro III, in the center of Paris, for the catwalk.
Alternating with music, the legendary Christian Dior, Aoff, explained in a period interview how he created his dresses.
Jones, 42, grew traveling from the hand of his father, a geologist, so he has a pragmatic vision of the real world, out of the spectacular catwalks.
Jones alternates his work in Dior with the women's line and haute couture for Fendi, since September 2020.
His current priority is to ensure that the classic Dior models become something more comfortable, even in full pandemic.
Source: Excelsior
