I hope so that the new collection will be centered less around sport jackets (pea coats, blousons, saharienne) and more about the fine tailoring aspect... I am pretty much tired of that commercial Dior attire, the sport jacket, jeans, sneaker and fringed skarf thing, it has become very repetitive throughout the seasons and it´s all just in the continuation of F/W 2004, probably my least favourite collection, except from the fabulous black suede boots and short one button tuxedos. I would like the whole thing to be more adult and elegant, also a bit more into the concept of eveningwear-made-casual that he always did so well, I always liked the imagery of the boys in those overtly correct tailcoats and smokings, sort of like a young bourgoise attire, the tension between a rebellious attitude and the conformity of a codified menswear wardrobe.
The new advertising campaign looks surprisingly good, given the fact that the first row of pictures that had already been shown a week ago were really bad (I also dislike the drawings, I find them quite kitsch)... I was actually very surprised to see that they didn´t feature any of the sgt. pepper jackets, at least the black on black which was quite wearable for an eyecandy as that. They really did well in keeping the colours down to a minimal palette of b&w with just an ocassional splash of red, it is also the first time in which I think it was appropriate to do it in colour, whereas last season seemed very randomly made to me.