Dior Men’s Fall/Winter 2022 Collection by Kim Jones

The city of Paris and the house of Dior’s significant place were celebrated by Kim Jones this season during the Paris Fashion Week.

Paris is one of the most beautiful places in the entire world. Not only it is breathtaking, but it also has history and culture of style, romance and whimsy. For this Men’s Fall/Winter 2022 collection, Dior and its Creative Director Kim Jones presented a fancy runway show, honoring Paris in all of its historic and fashionable glory. To be specific, with this show, Jones celebrated the city by creating garments that reflected its fruitful and long-standing relationship with the house of Dior. 

The collection features 49 looks that were historically referential and contemporary. It looked back to some of the house’s oustanding looks, while still playing into current styles. For example, several looks featured either tailored blazers or coats with wide shoulders pads that were nipped in at the waist, which were a clear reference to the “New Look,” originated in Dior’s Spring/Summer 1947 collection for women. This important event in Dior’s cultural history, the look notoriously featured the now-signature Dior “Bar” jacket, which dramatically cinched the waist, and a voluminous skirt that fell just below mid-calf.

After years of wartime, the New Look marked a return to glamour in the fashion world and shot Monsieur Dior and his eponymous house to international fame. 

Kim Jones also used leopard bomber, which harkens back to the house’s origins. Starting in 1947, Dior featured the timeless pattern in almost all of his collections. The small accessories of the selection were also examples of Dior’s backup pattern and history.

While celebrating Dior’s past, Kim Jones also looked to current trends and tried to design each look featuring a pair of oversized trousers paired with long or baggy button-ups and sweatshirts.

The garments mentioned before show our actual love for oversized clothing and layering. The shoes were particularly referential to our modern-day tastes, with models stomping down the runway in either rubber or boiled wool Birkenstock-Esque clogs or chic sneakers.

In simply words, Dior’s Men’s Fall/Winter 2022 collection was a celebration of the Paris of yesterday and today, as well as the house’s symbolic place within its history. Moreover, Kim Jones also ensured that the founder’s legacy lives on by putting a contemporary spin on some of Monsieur Dior’s most beloved looks.