Dior Men Pre-Fall 2026 Paris

[GRCF]

You guys should get on Delphine’s DMs with this feedback because I don’t think anyone is lol

 

[Phuel]

So cynical.

And so very lazy but expected since his Dior menswear just gives slightly elevated Uniqlo collab with a few demi-couturey designs thrown in. This sort of baroque mixed with denim/utilitarian/prep school elements has been done to death in mainstream men’s publications and has been a Polo Ralph Lauren signature. It was kind of cool back in the 90s when David Bradshaw would style some of the Arena stories like this; or Paolo Roversi would shoot his dreamy, romantic vision of a past gentleman for i-D mixed with streetwear; or when Judy Blame would pay tribute to Rey Petri with this sort of proper English bespoke mixed in a multicultural sensibility (but multiculturalism mixing is apparently frowned upon these self-segregating days)… But they never look like neutered boys. And any victim that buys those skorts will wear it maybe 3 times before they’re dropped off to consignment. The young men look so emasculated wearing them anyway. But I suppose that’s the point of his creepy fetish for this brand.

 

[andrew]

the cuff-up-cuff-down pants 'affectation' does nothing but draw attention to how bad the shoes are.

 

[reese06]

You guys should get on Delphine’s DMs with this feedback because I don’t think anyone is lol

Honestly, at this point we’re all doing free labor with the amount of feedback poured into these threads. She can handle her own market research, TFS has truly already given more than enough consult.

And yes, Maria needed to move on, but he really shouldn’t have been in consideration here. His work at Loewe was already showing its limits, and parachuting him into their crown jewel doesn’t magically resolve those issues. He belonged where he was, not promoted into a role that requires a completely different creative vision.

This hiring is no better than Sabato at Gucci. The difference is that LVMH has a bigger di… I mean budget, infrastructure, and PR confidence to mask their questionable appointment. The execution so far isn’t stronger and strategy cannot long term compensate for a weak fit.

They wanted to act like they support creativity with his appointment and here we are with the most banal merchandise

 

[CholoChic]

A bad copycat from Gucci by Michelle.

 

[Lorenzogi]

Perfect for the aristocratic Neuilly-Sur-Seine / Les Invalides / Passy youth.

 

[Kimihiro]

It’s all so soulless and sterile, even with the baroque flourishes. It’s stuck between banal and conceptual with no clear intent on who the customer is. I believe menswear should always come with pragmatism even in the showy pieces.

 

[yslforever]

Honestly, at this point we’re all doing free labor with the amount of feedback poured into these threads. She can handle her own market research, TFS has truly already given more than enough consult.

And yes, Maria needed to move on, but he really shouldn’t have been in consideration here. His work at Loewe was already showing its limits, and parachuting him into their crown jewel doesn’t magically resolve those issues. He belonged where he was, not promoted into a role that requires a completely different creative vision.

This hiring is no better than Sabato at Gucci. The difference is that LVMH has a bigger di… I mean budget, infrastructure, and PR confidence to mask their questionable appointment. The execution so far isn’t stronger and strategy cannot long term compensate for a weak fit.

They wanted to act like they support creativity with his appointment and here we are with the most banal merchandise

So well articulated !

 

[GoldenTribe]

Look #1 is the only thing that looks appropriate to the baroque setting, and even there the light jeans are already wrong for the top half.
The pictures of artwork and close-ups of subpar trinkets on a nice old rug are hilarious -- the pretentious ('looking up') equivalent of Pharrell's devilishly low wheelbarrows ('looking down').
And then framed within this elaborate gilded salon, we get ... bunches of hoodies and sweats that look horribly phoned in. KVA made more interesting and desirable sportswear-inflected menswear for this house and for his own brand too.
The big horizontal stripe on that rugby shirt with 'Dior' embroidered in the middle is cheap-looking mall-outlet branding.
The huge shorts are sort of fun as a runway item but in real life they are just a hula hoop away from being literal clown clothing.
I would have expected Dior to learn by now to leave the hourglass-shaped jackets to womenswear; it wasn't flattering when KJ did it (remember the slashed darts and extruded linings? I clearly recall somebody here using the word "tortured") and these aren't any better, no matter how nice the material or the finishing.

I kinda like the Very Hungry Caterpillar sweater, but it shouldn't need the Dior name on it, and I for one won't be forking out an arm and a leg for that particular elementary school reference. (Come back with Franklin the Turtle or Green Eggs And Ham and maybe we can talk...)

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

I wasn't a Kim Jones fan, but his last collection felt like Haute Couture, compared to all this.
It is almost unvelievable how bad some of these looks are.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

It just feels so bleak that people with ALL that money that have all the resources to do whatever tf wondrous cultural shifting things they could think of are using 80's Lands' End as their junk food

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Like literally W H A T. I think it is irrelevant that you can buy any of this stuff from brooks brothers or vineyard vines or eBay or poshmark etc and just buy the belt to complete the look, but why is THAT the LOOK ? Aside from the loser overlords' influences on what is allowed or not to sell, is this look some sort of niche personal fetish of Mr. Anderson's because in what context is anyone feeling this? I understand Demna's irony 101 landfill raver taking young people by storm but what does this have to do with anything. Maybe you've always wanted that sears catalogue dad's lo*d and you hope someone will finally see you that way? I don't know

 

[PDFSD]

Like literally W H A T. I think it is irrelevant that you can buy any of this stuff from brooks brothers or vineyard vines or eBay or poshmark etc and just buy the belt to complete the look, but why is THAT the LOOK ? Aside from the loser overlords' influences on what is allowed or not to sell, is this look some sort of niche personal fetish of Mr. Anderson's because in what context is anyone feeling this? I understand Demna's irony 101 landfill raver taking young people by storm but what does this have to do with anything. Maybe you've always wanted that sears catalogue dad's lo*d and you hope someone will finally see you that way? I don't know

the answer to your question lies in how he speaks lol listen to any of his interviews.

 

[psychopsist]

I feel like the pleated cargo shorts could work as a fashionable commercial othering if they were average shorts length, just with a unique style and cut. These really big floppy versions seem unappealing off the runway.

I like the logo plackets tho. That’s actually pretty clever.

 

[jeanclaude]

the answer to your question lies in how he speaks lol listen to any of his interviews.

He has a very cavernous voice with a bit of a snob accent...sounds like a rough country person trying to pass as a refined urban one to me.

 

[PierreGotha]

It's Tommy Hilfiger in Second Empire France.

 

[Norden]

Like literally W H A T. I think it is irrelevant that you can buy any of this stuff from brooks brothers or vineyard vines or eBay or poshmark etc and just buy the belt to complete the look, but why is THAT the LOOK ? Aside from the loser overlords' influences on what is allowed or not to sell, is this look some sort of niche personal fetish of Mr. Anderson's because in what context is anyone feeling this? I understand Demna's irony 101 landfill raver taking young people by storm but what does this have to do with anything. Maybe you've always wanted that sears catalogue dad's lo*d and you hope someone will finally see you that way? I don't know

This is exactly the point. I feel this collection and his approach don’t exist as a fashion proposition or are geared toward a real/interesting person. It feels like a design exercise full of smart products.

In the end i feel that JW is really a product of the group of people he hangs out with. It’s these crusty art and craft gays surrounded with a cloud of twinks wearing sh*tty rugby shirts going out to their country houses upstate. (Tiwa-select) etc. They all have a painting in their house of pasty British men changing in locker rooms. It’s such a specific vibe. I put the Celine guy in the same box. So maybe I just described jws aspirational man…