For Dior Men Fall 2022 Collection, All Roads Lead To Paris
After many successful collaborations with artists, Kim Jones looked towards the literary world for inspiration.
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Image: Alfredo Piola
The last time Kim Jones, artistic director at Dior Men, showed a collection in his hometown of London was in 2003, when he was the creative director at Alfred Dunhill. The Fall 2022 collection unveiled last week at the Olympia Exhibition Centre was a homecoming show for the designer and the assemblage of clothes was inspired by the Beat Generation. In particular, author Jack Kerouac and his watershed ?On the Road?, had the most influence over the designs featured.
The show saw Jones sent out 49 looks and the runway was a reproduction of Kerouac?s manuscript of ?On the Road? ? typewritten in a continuous form that spanned over 80 metres long. The accompanying soundtrack had Robert Pattinson reciting lines from Kerouac?s works.
Image: Adrien Dirand
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The Beat Generation was originally comprised of writers and poets. The initiators were Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Kerouac. They sought to challenge the status quo through publishing literary works that discussed topics such as sex, drugs, alcohol and the likes. And the youth of the day supported this new change as seen on the creation of new styles in defiance of social norms.
Across the Atlantic Ocean in Paris, the ...
The post For Dior Men Fall 2022 Collection, All Roads Lead To Paris appeared first on LUXUO.
Image: Alfredo Piola
The last time Kim Jones, artistic director at Dior Men, showed a collection in his hometown of London was in 2003, when he was the creative director at Alfred Dunhill. The Fall 2022 collection unveiled last week at the Olympia Exhibition Centre was a homecoming show for the designer and the assemblage of clothes was inspired by the Beat Generation. In particular, author Jack Kerouac and his watershed ?On the Road?, had the most influence over the designs featured.
The show saw Jones sent out 49 looks and the runway was a reproduction of Kerouac?s manuscript of ?On the Road? ? typewritten in a continuous form that spanned over 80 metres long. The accompanying soundtrack had Robert Pattinson reciting lines from Kerouac?s works.
Image: Adrien Dirand
READ MORE: Kim Jones? First-Ever Fendi Sneaker Design: Fendi Match
The Beat Generation was originally comprised of writers and poets. The initiators were Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Kerouac. They sought to challenge the status quo through publishing literary works that discussed topics such as sex, drugs, alcohol and the likes. And the youth of the day supported this new change as seen on the creation of new styles in defiance of social norms.
Across the Atlantic Ocean in Paris, the ...
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