Taking Dior out of the comfort zone is what recently appointed creative head Jonathan Anderson is doing in a fanciful way. With the menswear collection shown the Irish born designer shows once again why risk is only for the brave at one of most prestigious fashion houses in the world. Yet, sometimes a designer can have too many crayons in the box resulting in an unclear portrait.
Models coming down the runway in cropped jackets, yellow wigs, capes resembling bed comforters made for great social media images. Not too sure who would buy the pieces. In a collection influenced by so much, the cohesion got lost. One minute London Underground, then streetwear, outerwear with fur cuffs, how many books were read before decided on a non-direction came to mind.
As the Internet was split on what to make of this conglomeration of materials, shapes and styles, while looking over the pictures, my impression was a person trying to see what works using a tidal wave of styles at Paris Fashion Week Men.
For Mr. Anderson sometimes using a few crayons can be just as effective as putting your hands on all the wax pencils.