Dior Men Resort 2023 Los Angeles

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[Scotty]

The sneakers are horrendous...

I like the newspaper print and the saddle bags but then again, those are just Galliano ideas.

 

[Mody]

After such a great collection from last season it is literally crap. Nothing Dior nor LA about this

 

[THD96]

"California Couture" is giving "Juicy Couture", at least the latter is fun and iconic, the former just an overpriced cash grab.

Slapped on a logo, made a collaboration, and sprinkle in some decent tailoring. And voilà you have a Kim Jones Dior collection.

This collection is so tacky, gaudy, and kitschy. His Y2K looks so forced without any wit or humor. And lol at look 34, is that a "couture" look because it's laughable.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

This all looks so forced and contrived, and says absolutely nothing. I don't see a point of view, it's just there (and with those shoes, makes everyone look so short).

I'm also getting really sick of tonal colour way looks on the runway. Sure it's great for the gram, but if you have terrible taste in colours in the first place it really doesn't work. It just looks lazy.

 

[toffie]

What happened with the set design?

I don’t recall seeing such a cheap looking set by Dior under Kim. It really looks terrible and contributes to this feeling of indie-wanna
-be-cool-streetstyle-from-a-newish-brand this show provides. Has there been a budget problem? I’m legit curious.

I would agree that this is probably his worst collection yet. At least he seemed to have had fun with it because the silhouettes are rather than different than what we’ve been used to in his previous outings. But those shoes…

I actually rather enjoyed his last show so this is really disappointing.

 

[Frederic01]

TERRIBLE. It looks like some wannabe Virgil Abloh for LV collection. The colour palette is so ugly and the whole Y2K 2000's vibe is so démodé, honestly. What happened to Dior Menswear? In the space of a few years it has really tumbled down into such commercial, hype-beast, TikTok, crap.

 

[fer19dog]

very Virgirl esque

 

[eugenius]

Gurl...sometimes, an ugly collection is just an ugly collection. F minus minus minus minus minus...minus.

The only item of interest is the gray hat at the end from Stephen, so I'm glad Kim has at least one person on his team w/ a brain.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

There's some very saccharine, nearly diabetes-inducing and artificial about this, like fructose-frosted, berry-flavored candy. It's very Dior in its frivolous extravagance. And there's something to be appreciated in how anti-masculine and camp these clothes are. It's like Ray Petri meets My Little Pony. The presentation is so belligerently gay. Jones is pushing the envelope and really rubbing it in the customer's face and they're eating it up. I sort of love that about it.

I can't tell if I hate these clothes or if I just hate the guy who they're designed for. It's got Pete Davidson written all over it.

If you consider the rich, tasteless douchebag and his needs, this collection is full of really nice, covetable items. But if you're a rich douchebag in clever, beautifully made yet tacky clothes, aren't you still just a douchebag?

 

[Norden]

It’s a lot of noise for what is essentially a very mundane collection.

I think he thinks these colors work, but I actually find it very predictable and plain.

Galliano’s poor tired saddle bag is being wheeled out again to lift and contextualise the collection as Dior.

I don’t think this is good enough. It’s lacking in literally every aspect. I wish some of his bosses would uphold the standard, because the public certainly isn’t doing it anymore, I can’t believe this stuff gets sold (btw in all seriousness, who wears this, I don’t see it anywhere)

 

[Deleted member 1957]

Giving Off-white vibes

 

[Overindulgence]

It was kind of an awkward and uncomfortable show--it had the factors to be an energetic show (the location, the soundtrack) but it lacked the energy and felt rushed. A lot of these piece will probably sell well (I wouldn't mind owning some of these pieces if they were gifted to me). It feels like ERL did the majority of the work for this collection--and I have my own thoughts on ERL as a brand (the brand imagery with the bulge pics of 14-16 year old boys weirds me out).

 

[Olaffo]

Kim Jones: artisan collections, couture menswear, no collaborations ("never heard of them"), commercial vs high-fashion, Amanda Harlech as his creative advisor, elevated pieces, man of Renaissance reading Virginia Wolf's scripts while sipping holy water in his brutalist house in London

Also Kim Jones: cheap, low-blow, sloppy approach to collections, doesn't exists without billion of collaborations from left, right and centre, slapping original pieces from other designers on the t-shirts and expecting applause, general approach to everything "interns will do it, don't worry", nepotism, ill-fitted clothes, ruining well-prosperous houses, ego size of Greater London as self-proclaimed Karl Lagerfeld 2.0

Girl, give me a break.

 

[jeanclaude]

This song comes to my mind, after seeing the collection:



Life in plastic is not fantastic...

 

[Fulton St Critique]

California Couture? More like California Identity Crisis.

If I am being honest though I do love his tailoring and fabric selections, but outside of that, there is really nothing to be that impressed with. It is just another commercial, uninspired cash grab that we will most likely forget even happened in the coming years. There is no identity to these clothes. Nothing to aspire to.

A reoccuring thought that I constantly reflect on is “who exactly is Kim’s customer?” Is it the K-Pop star or socialites son or daughter who asks for a sweater to match his/her Air Dior’s? I just don’t a demographic- outside of suiting- that would flock to these clothes. Accessories, yes, but who actually wants to purchase these run-of-the-mill pieces without receiving some sort of kick-back from the Maison?

 

[Fulton St Critique]

I know this has nothing to do with this collection- outside of helping to finance it- but can someone please tell me this some kind of prank or joke? This “oversized” Dior hoodie is selling for $2,050… I mean, I guess since it does have a kangaroo pocket and logo we can as consumers justify paying this for a fleece hoodie?

 

[jeanclaude]

I know this has nothing to do with this collection- outside of helping to finance it- but can someone please tell me this some kind of prank or joke? This “oversized” Dior hoodie is selling for $2,050… I mean, I guess since it does have a kangaroo pocket and logo we can as consumers justify paying this for a fleece hoodie?

It was sewn by the spirit of Christian Dior, using an advance combination of ouija/sewing machine.