Kim Jones said he was inspired by both the science fiction he read over the pandemic, and Rome as the ultimate juxtaposition of all things new and very, very old (“sci-fi costumes always reference historic dress,” he said to WWD, while telling Vogue he felt like Rome has a celestial quality). I definitely felt that Matrix element, and some of the printed images are obvious, but… mostly I thought the designs were either very precise or weirdly sloppy and not a lot of in-between.
