Dior’s seaside garden at Paris Fashion Week: Kim Jones’ spring/summer 2023 menswear collection for the maison married suits with streetwear – and destructured gardening clothes?
Models present creations from the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE
Dior transported its audience to a seaside garden between Normandy and Sussex on Friday, June 24, for its latest menswear collection, aristo-chic with a utilitarian flair.
The spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme was presented in a field of flowers with a life-size reproduction of Christian Dior’s house during Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE
The spring/summer 2023 collection of Dior Homme was shown during the men’s fashion week in Paris, France, on June 24; the presentation of spring/summer 2023 menswear collections ran from June 21 to 26. Photo: Xinhua
Dior menswear artistic director Kim Jones set up the runway in a makeshift space in central Paris for the show during Men’s Fashion Week. The catwalk was transformed into a lawn of purple, orange and pink flowers, with a blue sky painted panorama and a life-size reproduction of Christian Dior’s pink house in Normandy.
Floral print and shorts from the spring/summer 2023 collection of Dior Homme during the men’s fashion week in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: Xinhua
It was faced by a reproduction of a country house once frequented by the Bloomsbury Group, a British collective of writers, intellectuals and artists in the early 20th century that are often cited by Jones as an influence.
An all-beige look from the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE
The spring/summer 2023 collection of Dior Homme, presented during the men’s fashion week in Paris, France, on June 24, featured plenty of pink and earth tones. Photo: Xinhua
The first model kicked off the show in a monochromatic look that married a beige suit with very sporty backpack – illustrating Jones’ style of blending sharp tailoring with streetwear.
Knitwear paired with shorts from the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on 24 June. Photo: EPA-EFE
British painter Duncan Grant’s works were reproduced on knitted jumpers for the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE
The spring/summer 2023 collection of Dior Homme at the men’s fashion week in Paris, France, on June 24, mixed and matched a variety of elements. Photo: Xinhua
Others followed in pale blue destructured gardening clothes, as well as double-breasted jackets paired with pleated Bermuda shorts or wide-leg pants.
Kim Jones showed off his talent for blending sharp tailoring with knitwear during the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE
The artwork of Bloomsbury painter Duncan Grant was reproduced on knitted jumpers and technical fabrics.
The spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme, presented during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24, saw sporty backpacks paired with sharp suits. Photo: EPA-EFE
A cannage hat paired with a pink suit from the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE
The spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme featured destructured gardening clothes at the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE
More for style than sun protection, some models paraded with cannage hats, an openwork grid pattern favoured by Christian Dior that was also found on padded long coats in blue and khaki green.
A-lister celebrities including supermodel Naomi Campbell, Hollywood couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, ex-football star David Beckham, and rival designers Olivier Rousteing of Balmain and Matthew Williams from Givenchy, sat on real grass, along with the rest of the guests, surrounded by wildflowers.
The Dior Homme show featured a reproduction of Christian Dior’s home in Normandy and another of a country house frequented by Britain’s Bloomsbury Group of artists
David Beckham, Naomi Campbell, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel appraised the pink and beige suits, and knitted jumpers emblazoned with Duncan Grant’s paintings
