Collection Video: Dior Men's A/W 21
Unveiled to a digital audience, Jones took the men's doublet and tail-coats worn by artists inducted into the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris as his starting point (Dior frequently create designs for the establishment), whilst also looking at a braided jacket from his 2002 graduate collection. Embellishing trims and adding buttons finished with stars, (others were inspired by Dior 1947 Bar Jacket), Jones showed his knack for make the past relevant to the present.
Models padded along the carpeted runway like little princes or courtiers, with the shimmering trims of their coats peaking out from under yellow and orange anoraks which were finished with zips and Yoon Ahn's pretty spectacular costume jewellery - see the artillery broach. Looks were also finished with Stephen Jones's crochet skull caps, berets, bowler hats and riding boot-esque shoes.
Peppered throughout was a collaboration with the Scottish artist Peter Doig. The midnight blue set designed by Doig came complete with stars which looked down on four gargantuan speakers, nodding to the London club scene from which Jones and Doig both hold dear.
Unveiled to a digital audience, Jones took the men's doublet and tail-coats worn by artists inducted into the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris as his starting point (Dior frequently create designs for the establishment), whilst also looking at a braided jacket from his 2002 graduate collection. Embellishing trims and adding buttons finished with stars, (others were inspired by Dior 1947 Bar Jacket), Jones showed his knack for make the past relevant to the present.
