ICONS ONLY: Identified for his elaborately embellished designs impressed by the Dior high fashion archive, Kim Jones needs males to know he’s down with quiet luxurious too.
Sizzling on the heels of his denim capsule assortment, the label’s inventive director of menswear is introducing a set of timeless wardrobe necessities often called Dior Icons. Suppose tailor-made coats, cashmere sweaters and minimalist wide-leg pants, blended with extra informal items like a leather-based bomber jacket and denims.
The road is launching on Dec. 1 in Dior boutiques, in tandem with an promoting marketing campaign starring model ambassador Robert Pattinson.
“I talked about clothes and fabrication with Robert so much as a result of he has an enormous curiosity in vogue. I assumed it might be good for him to put on Dior Icons as a result of we mentioned it within the conception of the gathering. He is an effective pal of mine so it appeared it might be good for him to mannequin in it,” Jones stated in a press release.
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The photographs had been photographed by Alasdair McLellan, with artwork route by Ronnie Cooke Newhouse and styling by Ellie Grace Cumming. Peter Philips did the make-up and Anthony Turner the hair.
Pattinson has been the face of the Dior Homme perfume since 2013. The “Twilight” actor has additionally appeared in a sequence of menswear campaigns for the French vogue model, beginning with the autumn 2016 advertisements shot by Karl Lagerfeld.
Along with attending scores of Dior exhibits over time, Pattinson starred reverse Gwendoline Christie within the movie screened through the fall 2023 males’s present.
Alongside wardrobe staples in muted colours together with grey, a favourite of founder Christian Dior, the Dior Icons assortment contains equipment such because the Dior Gallop shoulder bag, accessible in a mini model with an aluminum buckle, and Dior Buffalo derby sneakers.
Dior has launched a number of variations on the wardrobe necessities idea lately. In 2020, it launched the Fashionable Tailoring capsule, and previous to that, the Dior Necessities line. All featured a spread of stylish and extra informal items designed to face the take a look at of time.
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