Dior’s seaside garden at Paris Fashion Week: Kim Jones’ spring/summer 2023 menswear collection for the maison married suits with streetwear – and destructured gardening clothes?

Jun 29 , 2022

Models present creations from the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE

The Dior Homme show featured a reproduction of Christian Dior’s home in Normandy and another of a country house frequented by Britain’s Bloomsbury Group of artists

David Beckham, Naomi Campbell, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel appraised the pink and beige suits, and knitted jumpers emblazoned with Duncan Grant’s paintings

Dior transported its audience to a seaside garden between Normandy and Sussex on Friday, June 24, for its latest menswear collection, aristo-chic with a utilitarian flair.

The spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme was presented in a field of flowers with a life-size reproduction of Christian Dior’s house during Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE

The spring/summer 2023 collection of Dior Homme was shown during the men’s fashion week in Paris, France, on June 24; the presentation of spring/summer 2023 menswear collections ran from June 21 to 26. Photo: Xinhua

Dior menswear artistic director Kim Jones set up the runway in a makeshift space in central Paris for the show during Men’s Fashion Week. The catwalk was transformed into a lawn of purple, orange and pink flowers, with a blue sky painted panorama and a life-size reproduction of Christian Dior’s pink house in Normandy.

Floral print and shorts from the spring/summer 2023 collection of Dior Homme during the men’s fashion week in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: Xinhua

It was faced by a reproduction of a country house once frequented by the Bloomsbury Group, a British collective of writers, intellectuals and artists in the early 20th century that are often cited by Jones as an influence.

An all-beige look from the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on June 24. Photo: EPA-EFE

The spring/summer 2023 collection of Dior Homme, presented during the men’s fashion week in Paris, France, on June 24, featured plenty of pink and earth tones. Photo: Xinhua

The first model kicked off the show in a monochromatic look that married a beige suit with very sporty backpack – illustrating Jones’ style of blending sharp tailoring with streetwear.

Knitwear paired with shorts from the spring/summer 2023 men’s collection by designer Kim Jones for Dior Homme during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on 24 June. Photo: EPA-EFE