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

PARIS, June 24 (Reuters) – Dior transported its viewers to a seaside backyard between Normandy and Sussex on Friday for its newest menswear assortment, aristo-chic with a utilitarian aptitude.

A-lister celebrities together with supermodel Naomi Campbell, Hollywood couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, ex-soccer star David Beckham, and rival designers Olivier Rousteing of Balmain and Matthew Williams from Givenchy, sat on actual grass, together with the remainder of the visitors, surrounded by wildflowers.

Dior menswear creative director Kim Jones arrange the runway in a makeshift house in central Paris for the present throughout Males’s Vogue Week. The catwalk was remodeled right into a garden of purple, orange, and pink flowers, with a blue-sky painted panorama and a life-size copy of Christian Dior’s pink home in Normandy.

It was confronted by a copy of a rustic home as soon as frequented by the Bloomsbury Group, a British collective of writers, intellectuals and artists within the early twentieth century which might be typically cited by Jones as an affect.

The primary mannequin kicked off the present in a monochromatic look that married a beige swimsuit with very sporty backpack – illustrating Jones’ type of mixing sharp tailoring with streetwear.

Others adopted in pale blue destructured gardening garments, in addition to double-breasted jackets paired with pleated Bermuda shorts or wide-leg pants.

The art work of Bloomsbury painter Duncan Grant was reproduced on knitted sweaters and technical materials.

Extra for type than solar safety, some fashions paraded with cannage hats, an openwork grid sample favoured by Christian Dior that was additionally discovered on padded lengthy coats in blue and khaki inexperienced.

This season’s menswear calendar options prime trend homes together with Givenchy, Rick Owens and Kenzo. Louis Vuitton took the stage on Thursday, Hermès can be on Saturday, and Celine wraps up the week with the ultimate present on Sunday. learn extra

Reporting by Laetitia Vola, Modifying by Rosalba O’Brien

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