Walk The Line

Taking cue from the Dior Homme Autumn/Winter 2018/19 collection, Kris Van Assche explored the increasingly blurred lines found between the formal and informal, even extending it to his range of bags and footwear.

- John Ng

The show notes said it all: “With youth, the freedom to embody an ideal with reckless abandon. With age, a sense of looking from the outside in. The Dior Homme collection for Winter 2018/19 designed by Kris Van Assche questions this duality, provoking a constant evolution of the formal and informal codes that define menswear today. A meticulous deconstruction of the Dior Homme suit finds symbiosis with the symbolism of Nineties tattoo culture, pitching the sartorial finesse of the Dior Homme atelier against the tenets of urban nostalgia.”

Themed “Forever Young”, Kris Van Assche took a trip back in time to revisit the Dior Homme’s sharp, immaculate tailoring roots this season. The result was a fresh and unexpected