Dior sends models down bucolic garden runway for Men’s Paris Fashion Week

PARIS, June 24 (Reuters) – Dior transported its audience to a seaside yard amongst Normandy and Sussex on Friday for its latest menswear selection, aristo-chic with a utilitarian aptitude.

A-lister stars which includes 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 genuine grass, along with the rest of the company, surrounded by wildflowers.

Dior menswear creative director Kim Jones established up the runway in a makeshift house in central Paris for the demonstrate in the course of Men’s Vogue 7 days. The catwalk was reworked into a lawn of purple, orange, and pink bouquets, with a blue-sky painted panorama and a lifetime-dimensions reproduction of Christian Dior’s pink residence in Normandy.

It was faced by a reproduction of a nation dwelling the moment frequented by the Bloomsbury Team, a British collective of writers, intellectuals and artists in the early 20th century that are generally cited by Jones as an influence.

The very first product kicked off the display in a monochromatic seem that married a beige suit with extremely sporty backpack – illustrating Jones’ fashion of mixing sharp tailoring with streetwear.

Other individuals adopted in pale blue destructured gardening apparel, as nicely as double-breasted jackets paired with pleated Bermuda shorts or huge-leg trousers.

The artwork of Bloomsbury painter Duncan Grant was reproduced on knitted sweaters and specialized materials.

Additional for design than sun protection, some versions paraded with cannage hats, an openwork grid sample favoured by Christian Dior that was also observed on padded lengthy coats in blue and khaki inexperienced.

This season’s menswear calendar functions top fashion houses including Givenchy, Rick Owens and Kenzo. Louis Vuitton took the stage on Thursday, Hermès will be on Saturday, and Celine wraps up the week with the closing present on Sunday. read far more

Reporting by Laetitia Vola, Modifying by Rosalba O’Brien

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