Kim Jones, the visionary behind Dior's latest collection, drew inspiration from the intriguing relationship between ballet dancer Margot Fonteyn and Monsieur
Placed on every seat at Dior’s AW24 men’s show was a photography book filled with pictures of Soviet-born, influential ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. The images were shot by Colin Jones, a former British Royal Ballet dancer turned photojournalist, who’s also Kim Jones’s late uncle. A meeting of the designer’s own lineage and the legacy of the house, Nureyev’s dance partner in 1965’s Romeo and Juliet was Margot Fonteyn, famously a client of Monsieur Dior.
Out in the Limelight, Home in the Rain (Season 1 Episode 6 of 6): Margot Fonteyn explores the life of a dancer. The Magic of Dance with Margot Fonteyn airs on BBC Four HD at 11:15 PM, Sunday 21 January. Margot Fonteyn explores the life of a dancer
Dior’s menswear maestro Kim Jones has transformed a sunny afternoon in the French capital into a starlit evening of balletic grandeur at Paris Fashion Week in a display of fashion theatrics. Jones delivered an exuberant spectacle at the Ecole Militaire annex on Friday. The collection intertwined Dior’s fine tailoring with a joyful explosion of theatrical glamour. It drew screams and cheers from a VIP audience as it explored the duality of an artist’s persona onstage and backstage. Nigo’s Friday show for Kenzo showcased a dynamic fusion of soft warrior-inspired designs with a modern streetwear twist, reflecting a sophisticated evolution of the brand’s East-meets-West aesthetic.