Vogue’s piece about Jonathan Anderson’s debut here for Dior is really interesting; I can’t excerpt the entire thing, but I definitely recommend popping over to read it if you’re interested in his thought process for this first collection. An example:
And of course, Monsieur Dior himself had to be dealt with. Anderson took him head-on in his first look. The Bar jacket was made from an Irish Donegal tweed, a matter of national pride for Anderson that featured here and there throughout the collection. As for the side-looped flanges on the cargo shorts in that same look? Well, those came from Anderson’s study of the stiff architecture of a Dior winter 1948 couture dress named Delft. “It’s old, it had flopped—that inspired me,” he said with a laugh, adding, “I think it’s a good bridge between history, commerce, history, style—and make.”
Fascinating! All I know is that there are some GOOD coats in here.
