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At Dior, clothing as a remedy for the gloomy environment

2021-01-22T21:25:28.714Z


Kim Jones, the artistic director of the house's men's collections, presented this January 22 his new wardrobe, made in collaboration with Peter Doig. The ambition? Create a form of New Look for men.


Should we see it as a counterbalance to the current era or a tribute?

While we keep reading that men only think about optimizing their outfit to work from home, Kim Jones here a collection geared towards formal wear, aiming to offer a masculine version of couture know-how which made the legend of Dior.

New looks

 ”, according to the note of intent released by the house.

A term far from trivial.

Shortly after the creation of his eponymous house in 1947, Christian Dior offered, in response to the privations of the war, silhouettes intended to revive the art of pleasing.

Marked waist, emphasized curves, the

New Look

was born, and introduced a Bar suit that has become legendary and has been extensively revisited by the artistic directors who succeeded the couturier at the head of the house's women's collections.

Here then is that his name (and especially his spirit) inhabits masculine creations, in particular by the covered buttons of the jackets, predicting that,

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Source: lefigaro

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