Dior sends models down bucolic garden runway for Men’s Paris Fashion Week
By Laetitia Volga
PARIS, June 24 (Reuters) – Dior transported its audience to a seaside garden concerning Normandy and Sussex on Friday for its most recent menswear selection, aristo-chic with a utilitarian aptitude.
A-lister celebs which include supermodel Naomi Campbell, Hollywood pair Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, ex-soccer star David Beckham, and rival designers Olivier Rousteing of Balmain and Matthew Williams from Givenchy, sat on real grass, together with the rest of the company, surrounded by wildflowers.
Dior menswear artistic director Kim Jones set up the runway in a makeshift area in central Paris for the demonstrate throughout Men’s Style 7 days. The catwalk was reworked into a lawn of purple, orange, and pink bouquets, with a blue-sky painted panorama and a lifestyle-size reproduction of Christian Dior’s pink house in Normandy.
It was faced by a reproduction of a state dwelling once frequented by the Bloomsbury Group, a British collective of writers, intellectuals and artists in the early 20th century that are typically cited by Jones as an influence.
The 1st product kicked off the display in a monochromatic glimpse that married a beige fit with really sporty backpack – illustrating Jones’ type of blending sharp tailoring with streetwear.
Other individuals followed in pale blue destructured gardening dresses, as properly as double-breasted jackets paired with pleated Bermuda shorts or vast-leg trousers.
The artwork of Bloomsbury painter Duncan Grant was reproduced on knitted sweaters and specialized fabrics.
Much more for type than sunlight safety, some types paraded with cannage hats, an openwork grid pattern favoured by Christian Dior that was also located on padded long coats in blue and khaki eco-friendly.
This season’s menswear calendar functions major style houses which includes Givenchy, Rick Owens and Kenzo. Louis Vuitton took the phase on Thursday, Hermès will be on Saturday, and Celine wraps up the week with the remaining display on Sunday.
(Reporting by Laetitia Vola, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)
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