Dior Homme S/S 07 Paris

[MUXU]

where do you see jack?

isnt this jack..i swear it looks like him alot
sucks now he has short hair again XD

 

[Deleted member 7575]

maybe be i don't 'get' it, but what's so good about this collection?
i think it's a little thin..

Yeah, I was excited by the first few looks but now seeing it as a whole I realized that the pieces that aren't contrived and trite aren't new at all. It's a bit of a bore, there's not a whole lot to discover every time I look at the collection.



however as womenswear it is really exciting.

 

[JuiceMajor]

PARIS With androgynous, reed thin models, under thatched hair, long floating tunics, draped silken jersey top and pants for pipe-cleaner legs, Hedi Slimane sent out a clear and powerful message in his Dior Homme show that closed the spring/summer 2007 menswear collections.
"Freedom and movement," said Slimane backstage, after his fervent supporters from Elton John with his partner, David Furnish; Karl Lagerfeld and the big boss Bernard Arnault had given the designer an ovation.
Those words could have encoded the struggle Slimane is having to reconcile his frustration about wanting to design a women's collection and pushing his strong aesthetic forward as he battles with the contract he is currently renegotiating with Dior.
What is clear at this moment of rumor and spin is that Slimane is a menswear designer of absolute and uncompromising vision. His strength is in his modern take on tailoring - the breathe-in- tight skinny suits, the vests (some truncated so that they become just an abstract cummerbund) and his use of shine and mat as color. The silver footwear stepping forward (as they have in every avant garde show this season) was a reminder of Slimane's gilded shoes and the fact that he was first and is still the best at men's fashion as rock 'n' roll.
New to his vocabulary, that has become Dior's, was an updated version of the famous Yves Saint Laurent safari jacket, taut and tight over a tiny frame with match stick pants as tight as leggings. Fresh too - and feminine enough to be part of a women's collection - were the tunics that hung below the jackets, whether as a black and white striped sweater or as a sweet nothing fluttering abound the hips. You could imagine the front row guest L'Wren Scott, Mick Jagger's partner, running right back stage and tearing the outfit from the boys.
More poignantly, Slimane had introduced a softness that played against the sharp tailoring and shiny silver jackets, refreshing his signature look and proving that he still has a lot to offer to the fashion world.

Suzy Menkes is the fashion editor of the International Herald Tribune.

 

[MUXU]

You could imagine the front row guest L'Wren Scott, Mick Jagger's partner, running right back stage and tearing the outfit from the boys.

 

[JuiceMajor]

July 5, 2006
Five years ago, Hedi Slimane’s debut collection for Dior Homme drew praise (from Catherine Deneuve, among others!) for offering “a new way to be masculine.” Since then, he’s created one of the most identifiable and influential vocabularies in menswear, but his latest show—produced amid open conjecture surrounding his future at Dior—did not explore any fresh territory. As usual, the monochrome palette, the hyper-attenuated silhouette, and the impeccable couture finish made for striking images, but the shock of the new has been replaced by something more predictable. A little tan coat that flared into a semi-A-line was the freshest thing in the show, simply because it looked like it was breathing. Otherwise, the thrust of the collection was toward further reduction—from the narrowing of the models to the width of the ties.

Slimane emphasized the hips of his willowy boy-men with cummerbund belts, bumsters, kimono ties, and low-slung buttoned closings on long shirts. His impeccable, decadent sense of decoration yielded little blousons decorated with white paillettes or starburst beading. He said he wanted something festive, “To celebrate the new club kid,” unlike the melancholic mood of last season, with its almost biblical pillar of fire. Given the uncertainty of his current situation and the ambiguity of his own feelings on the matter, was the finale’s winged boy an emissary from heaven—or an earthbound Icarus?


— Tim Blanks

 

[fashionken]

PARIS With androgynous, reed thin models, under thatched hair, long floating tunics, draped silken jersey top and pants for pipe-cleaner legs, Hedi Slimane sent out a clear and powerful message in his Dior Homme show that closed the spring/summer 2007 menswear collections.
"Freedom and movement," said Slimane backstage, after his fervent supporters from Elton John with his partner, David Furnish; Karl Lagerfeld and the big boss Bernard Arnault had given the designer an ovation.
Those words could have encoded the struggle Slimane is having to reconcile his frustration about wanting to design a women's collection and pushing his strong aesthetic forward as he battles with the contract he is currently renegotiating with Dior.
What is clear at this moment of rumor and spin is that Slimane is a menswear designer of absolute and uncompromising vision. His strength is in his modern take on tailoring - the breathe-in- tight skinny suits, the vests (some truncated so that they become just an abstract cummerbund) and his use of shine and mat as color. The silver footwear stepping forward (as they have in every avant garde show this season) was a reminder of Slimane's gilded shoes and the fact that he was first and is still the best at men's fashion as rock 'n' roll.
New to his vocabulary, that has become Dior's, was an updated version of the famous Yves Saint Laurent safari jacket, taut and tight over a tiny frame with match stick pants as tight as leggings. Fresh too - and feminine enough to be part of a women's collection - were the tunics that hung below the jackets, whether as a black and white striped sweater or as a sweet nothing fluttering abound the hips. You could imagine the front row guest L'Wren Scott, Mick Jagger's partner, running right back stage and tearing the outfit from the boys.
More poignantly, Slimane had introduced a softness that played against the sharp tailoring and shiny silver jackets, refreshing his signature look and proving that he still has a lot to offer to the fashion world.

Suzy Menkes is the fashion editor of the International Herald Tribune.

Why is Suzy always right? It's frightening. She's God.

 

[fashionken]

isnt this jack..i swear it looks like him alot
sucks now he has short hair again XD

As much as I would like it to be Jack, I'm afraid it's not him. Jack is thinner and the bone structure of his face is different. I know people who know Jack, I'll ask them if it's him. I hope it is, but I don't think it is.

 

[JuiceMajor]

Why is Suzy always right? It's frightening. She's God.

I know....that's why I like her

 

[MUXU]

As much as I would like it to be Jack, I'm afraid it's not him. Jack is thinner and the bone structure of his face is different. I know people who know Jack, I'll ask them if it's him. I hope it is, but I don't think it is.

his look sort of changed during the past couple seasons
his straight bangs from other shows (espeically comme des garcons) made me think if he left it that way so it would be easier to cut at the dior show

there's another pic that look suspicious like him
but i can be wrong

if you do know people who know him...can you tell your people to tell him that a crazy girl thinks he's really hot ..haha..what a stupid request

 

[rui]

[QUOTE "One should either be a work of art ... or wear a work of art"[/QUOTE]



THAT IS CORRECT!!!!

 

[MulletProof]

Just saw the collection at style.com...it's really awful...i find it quite repulsive for many reasons, I'm too tired to explain or even read the 11 pages of this thread but i suppose it has a lot to do with my same views on past collections: it''s so boring and empty, and poser-looking, and hipster-oriented...and even though it probably isnt, it looks so badly done in both theory and presentation...even the brown coats that i could easily like.

 

[faust]

Why is Suzy always right? It's frightening. She's God.

Oh, please, she is full of sh*t. She is only good for blowing smoke up people's ***es.

"Freedom and movement"? Say what? There is neither freedom nor movement in those straight jackets

And this is a bullsh*t statement if there ever was one, "The silver footwear stepping forward (as they have in every avant garde show this season) was a reminder of Slimane's gilded shoes and the fact that he was first and is still the best at men's fashion as rock 'n' roll." First of all, he stole the silver shoes idea from Helmut Lang. Second, he is so far from first in menswear as rock'n'roll, that it's not even funny for a professional journalist to say something like that.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

She is only good for blowing smoke up people's ***es.

Not quite my personal choice of phrasing... but I agree.

This is the least original collection I've ever seen.

 

[Avantster]

Oh, please, she is full of sh*t. She is only good for blowing smoke up people's ***es.

"Freedom and movement"? Say what? There is neither freedom nor movement in those straight jackets

She might be only good for doing that, but I have to admit she is pretty damn good at it

Certainly, "freedom" and "movement" are the last two words that I'd associate with the sharp and almost rigid tailoring that has become Slimane's trademark.

 

[AudiEC]

i actually really like the transparent sweater. though it is pretty ultra-queer.

I think you mean "ultra-sheer," being that the "q" is so close to the "s".

 

[Diorling]

I think you mean "ultra-sheer," being that the "q" is so close to the "s".

I hope that's what he meant...

It's ok...

Ive never gotten accustomed to Dior Homme, it's seems like there's always so much effort. There's always so much trying, his ealier collections (esp at YSL) I liked but now it's so...Like Hedi knows what sells and he can't bare to breakaway from that formula, you know? The feminine touches are a bit much, I love the feminity that has been coursing through the mens shows, but I find this to be so poorly executed. SO LITERAL, everything is practically womenswear, he's wearing a halter!

I like the eveningwear but this look is so Chanel (in the bad way) I could die...It's so repulsive...

Ooo, what does make me happy is that woman on the left is wearing the Lanvin coneheels...

 

[Amo_Armani]

After looking at the entire collection, my original opnion has been reinforced. This is by far the worst (and gayest) Dior Homme collection ever.

 

[Pastry]

Yeah, I was excited by the first few looks but now seeing it as a whole I realized that the pieces that aren't contrived and trite aren't new at all. It's a bit of a bore, there's not a whole lot to discover every time I look at the collection.



however as womenswear it is really exciting.

true dat, mutterlein..

in that context, it's good. i never thought of it that way, but as a womenswear collection this would be solid. the layered tank tops,for example would look cool ,not silly, on the wearer.

 

[markie]

the hair/styling of the models is to die for. oh my i am absolutely loving all the B&W s/s 07 is producing.

 

[MulletProof]

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