Yiminyaka emithathu kwinyanga ezayo apho uKim Jones enze iDior Men yakhe yokuqala, ebeka ithempleyithi enamawakawaka eentyatyambo ezipinki ezisecaleni kwendlela yeenqwelomoya yaseParis kunye nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo omkhulu weKaws embindini wayo kwimiboniso eqaqambileyo enabasebenzi abangamagcisa. Emva kweKaws yeza uDaniel Arsham, uAmoako Boafo, uKenny Scharf, kunye noPeter Doig, kunye nemigca yobungqina bobhubhane babathengi ngaphandle kweevenkile zeDior Men kwihlabathi liphela.
Ukungabikho kwendlela yokubaleka kunye neqabane lehlabathi lobugcisa, le ngqokelela inika ithuba lokuphanda ezinye iimpawu zengqesho kaJones. Ukuba azikho njenge-splashy, azijongwanga ngaphantsi; Umboniso we-Zoom wezinto ezintsha zeli xesha lonyaka ucebisa ukuba zimbalwa izinto ezisilela ingqalelo yakhe kwiinkcukacha.
I-flask yensimbi engenasici ebhalwe nge-logo ye-Dior Oblique yinto encinci ngokuthelekisa, kodwa ayikho ngaphantsi kokuqokelela kuyo.
I-sneakers yindawo efanelekileyo yokuqala. UJones unike ingxelo yokuba izihlangu zolona didi lukhulayo lweDior Men, "namanani amakhulu." Ukongezwa okutsha kweli xesha yi-B30, i-aerodynamic kunye ne-CD enkulu yonyango ye-logo yathonywa, wathi, yi-modernism yesiFrentshi. (Kuninzi ukuzama iilogo apha, kubandakanywa iCD emile njengentliziyo ephakanyiswe kuMarc Bohan, umyili ophethe i-Dior iminyaka ephantse ibe yi-30.) Okanye qwalasela ingxowa ye-Lingot entsha, emile njengoko igama layo libonisa njengebha yegolide. Ibonelelwe kuluhlu lweesayizi, ibhegi nganye ine-slot enqabileyo ye-AirTags ye-Apple, ibenza ukuba balandeleke nge-iPhone's Fumana usetyenziso lwam.
Ngaphambili kwempahla, ijacket ye-nayiloni ye-ripstop igoqa kwingxowa yesali eyakhelwe kumgca webhatyi, imveliso ekudala iphuhliswa ngenxa yolwakhiwo oluntsonkothileyo. "Yinto yetekhnoloji eyenza ubomi bube ngcono kwaye buhambelana nehlabathi lanamhlanje," utshilo uJones. Uncedo lelona cala liphambili lobunewunewu eDior Men. Isiqhushumbisi esichetywayo esihle, umzekelo, sijikela umva kuthwathwa. Kwenye indawo, ukuthunga okuphenjelelwe yicouture awaziwa ngako kuye kwakhululeka kakhulu.
UJones uthe ucinga ngentwasahlobo ka-2022, aza kuyibonisa kwinyanga ezayo, njengohlobo lokuhlaziya. “Ndihlala ndizibuza, ingaba uChristian Dior ebenokwenza ntoni ngoku,” utshilo. I-couturier, ngokuqinisekileyo, yenza uphawu lwakhe ngeNew Look njengoko iYurophu yavela kwintshabalalo yeMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Ifashoni lishishini elahlukileyo namhlanje, kodwa ukuba iindlela zeenqwelo-moya zisenamandla okulungisa iindlela zehlabathi ezisemva kobhubhani, uJones ngeliso lakhe elijikelezayo kunye nomdlandla ongapheliyo, inokuba ngumyili wokukhokela indlela.
Ukucinga kwakhona iikhowudi
I-Dior Spring 2022 yeNgqokelela yaMadoda eyilwe nguMnu. Kim Jones iphinda iqinisekise isigama esichaza ubudoda bendlu kwaye iphinde ijonge iisilhouettes ezenziwe nguMarc Bohan ngeminyaka yee-1960.
Umqeqeshi wamva nje ka-˝Jones wendlu - ongqina ukuba unomdla kwaye uhlakaniphile; okona kukhaba okugqibeleleyo kokubuyela umva emhlabeni.˝
Iphephancwadi eli-10 lamadoda.
Ubukhulu becala ebhekisa kuyilo lomseki wendlu, uJones ngoku ugxininise kuMarc Bohan; Ilandela lesibini likaMonsieur Dior emva kukaYves Saint Laurent. Ukuphinda ujonge iisilhouettes eziyilwe nguBohan ukutyhubela iminyaka yamashumi amathandathu, uJones wenza umxube wokuthunga kunye nempahla yezemidlalo ukuze ube nombono wewodrophu ekhululekileyo ngexesha lentwasahlobo.
Amanithi apinki achuliweyo, amakhadi engwe kunye neebhulukhwe ezimdaka ngetshokholethi eziwela phezu kweqakala ecaleni kweehempe zenayiloni kunye neehempe zebaseball ezinemigca.
Ukufota uBrett Lloyd @brett_lloyd