“The elegance course revolves around revival and renewal, like this course. There are reminders of the past in the present and the future and Dior is a perfect example of that. In this collection, there is a parallel in literature, imagery, and themes in the poem The Waste Land. It is the place where the old world meets a new, ever-changing, and transforming world. » Kim Jones
- The Thames and Seine:
- the ancient flow of history and their transformation through their renewing and life-giving waters; It is a movement that crosses from country to city to sea, always the same and always different at the same time. The great rivers of London and Paris, with their connotations and contrasts, their light and their darkness, are literary themes for "TS. Eliot"An inspiration for Kim Jones, Artistic Director of Men's Collections at Dior, in this living and literary history, stretching between ancient landscapes and modern cityscapes, periods blend with each other. Here, the swirls and flows of water echo those of fashion, including the winter collection where change, movement, fluidity, and fluidity are central. It is also a reflection of the dynamism that Yves Saint Laurent sought to achieve when he took the helm at Dior at the age of 21, becoming the youngest fashion designer in history.
- 65 years ago, on January 30, 1958, Yves Saint Laurent presented his first collection for Dior, and thus, the fashion world witnessed a remarkable change once again. In that spring-summer 1958 collection that mainly inspired the Jones winter shows, men's history embraces the blend of masculine and feminine, and the traditions of British tailoring meet those of the haute couture designer. All designs were imbued with a sense of movement, modernity, practicality, and smoothness, adopting simplicity and flow away from everything that is exaggerated, and moving towards a mixture between the formal and informal styles in personal clothing. Figures become more slender, characterized by a flexible and curved design, while clothes are transformed into hybrid pieces that undergo transformation and changes, for each person to wear in their own way. The easy and simplistic character permeates every detail, carrying with its precision and difficulty in a collection that reflects no indication of the complexity of its design process.
- Some of the pieces of clothing, inspired by the archives, are transferred and transformed specifically for this collection: the top of the mariner's striped shirt in Monsieur Saint Laurent's Marine is unrolled using the double cavalry twill, transforming into a loose-fitting long fisherman's shirt. ; Off-the-shoulder Acacia's tailoring adapts a relaxed nonchalant character to create a men's wool suit, part of a new, recurring figure and ensemble; The Passe-Partout coat with a stand-up collar is now infused with the new Donegal tweed in bamboo joint and with the addition of open zipped sleeves. At the same time, the traditional language of knitted fabrics is changed by adopting a sculptural approach in design and draping fabrics in the "Drapeh" style, while mixing different types and styles of sewing. In turn, stunning new pieces, such as 3D-printed shoes and boots, as well as exemplary casual wear for overseas travel, raise savoir-faire to an unprecedented contemporary level. On the other hand, the bags are based mainly on the principle of sobriety, elegance, and precision, and they have been stripped of extraneous elements with the adoption of a high-gloss exterior design, in a return to Saint Laurent's pursuit of simplicity in a modern style.
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