CROSSING GENERATIONS

Two design geniuses, Kim Jones and Eli Russell Linnetz, come together to find equilibrium between tradition and innovation for Dior Men's Spring 2023 collection.

- John Ng

Being cool is hard and even more so to stay cool. That's because to be declared as such means that the person has to detach himself from the mainstream, and more often than not, only to become unimpressed by its ineffable appeal when the feeling of getting bounded by the elusive quality of the adjective layered with nuanced meaning finally kicks in. But there is just no better way to describe the VIP guests, including Rita Ora, Jaden Smith, Tony Hawk and Brooklyn Beckham, who rocked the front row of the Dior show in Venice Beach, California.

Just when you thought Kim Jones is about to put the brakes on collaborative collections after his lauded partnerships with different creatives such as Hajime Sorayama, Kenny Scharf and Peter Doig, the luxury French brand's creative director has joined forces with multi-hyphenate guest designer Eli Russell Linnetz of ERL who defies categorisation to cultivate a fresh narrative for the Dior Men's Spring 2023 collection.