All roads led to Egypt. For the last 12 months, Kim Jones has celebrated 75 years of Dior’s New Look with a slew of collections which’ve drawn the parallels between his design handwriting and that of Monsieur Dior’s. Everything from the pure beginnings of the house to Dior’s love of gardening have fed Jones’ collections, where Christian Dior signatures, like the Bar Jacket, have met Jones’ romantic tailoring and sport inflicted men’s staples.
The return of destination shows post-pandemic has seen Jones truly one-up himself – previous Dior men’s catwalks have taken place in Tokyo and Miami. His Fall 2023 collection was set in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza, just outside of Cairo, which is one of the last remaining Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Under a sea of lasers, models trudged across a winding catwalk like they’d emerged from the set of Dune, cloaked in a range of hues reflective of the change from day to nightfall in the desert. Jones left out obvious leanings to hieroglyphics and Cleopatra, focusing instead on Ancient Egypt’s fascination with astronomy and Monsieur Dior’s obsession with astrology.
Throughout, 3D-printed chest pieces, kilt-trouser hybrids, bulky boots and futuristic helmets made a fitting uniform for these desert troopers, topped off with a series of jackets, tops and leggings emblazoned with galaxy prints sourced by NASA.
Jones didn’t just treat guests to an astonishing show under the stars. Dior’s trip to Egypt also saw the designer unveil a capsule collection designed by Denim Tears’ founder and creative director of Supreme, Tremaine Emory. Dubbed Dior Tears, the collection served as a “dialogue between New York and Paris, via New Orleans”, with vivid striped tops, fuzzy knits and baggy dungarees proving standouts.
Photography courtesy of Dior.
