dior homme presented their spring summer 2011 collection on saturday. against a pallete of black, white and cream, the emphasis was on the cuts and drapings. i don't feature dior homme on here very often, i think i missed the boat completely even when hedi slimane was in the house. i just didn't quite get the hype surrounding it. just how do you solve a problem like dior homme? there was no menswear archive to look back to as the couturier himself did not establish the menswear line. an option would be to create clothes the designer would like to wear. and hence i always find a hint of kris van assche in dior homme. i really would love to see galliano and van assche work more closely to bring the two lines together. i would like to see a dior homme collection that suggests a hint of grandeur and opulence that is very much associated with the house of dior.
i still love this collection, a few pieces that i have my eye on, but it's more clinical, subdued and very much van assche then christian dior himself.
i still love this collection, a few pieces that i have my eye on, but it's more clinical, subdued and very much van assche then christian dior himself.
i never really took notice of model james smith in prior seasons, but he seemed to have risen through the ranks for the spring summer 2011 collections. the moody melancholic gaze, and those other worldly blue eyes. very good presence, i sense several campaigns coming up.
kris van assche for dior homme spring summer 2011
dior, not war. but just how do we solve a problem like dior homme?
pics credit: GQ/firstview.com, getty images
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