Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

How does an individual’s past grow and morph into his present without nostalgia? This is the question that Kris Van Assche, Creative Director of Dior Homme, poses for this season.

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

“The idea of ‘the hybrid’ is intrinsic to the collection,” says Kris Van Assche. “Today, people don’t just fit into one box, they fit into many and all at once. There might be an idea of the New Wave or Skate that somebody has grown up with, but it is what those things and people have grown into now that matters. Traces of memory and tradition can still exist, but these happen without nostalgia: this is the hybridisation of now.”

In the ritual show square, lit by stark, red neon to the thud of Electronic Body Music, an idea of rites of passage is played out in a palette of black, red and white.

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Silhouettes are in turn a combination and exaggeration of volumes and shapes; noble materials are contrasted with or made into the everyday; grand maison traditions come up against militant subversions; prototypical ideas of luxury are questioned and tempered by new techniques and tastes.

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Just as the Rob Roy Macgregor tartan became the all-American buffalo plaid – the touchstone red and black pattern in various fabrications for this season. Traditional Fair Isles knits and subverted, couture embroidery techniques are used to almost disruptive effect, while Dior florals from the archive become a symbol of provocation rather than prettiness or preciousness.

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

“The collection is about taking elements of the past, but bringing them into the present and reflecting on where we are now, in the situation of today,” explains Kris Van Assche.

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2017 - exaggeration of volumes and shapes

“It’s a moment in time for a contemporary generation.”

Photos: fashionising.com
Information: dior.com


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