Dior Homme FW 09.10 Paris

[beberthur]

not so sure...but anyway

[minou]

the suits just suck balls but i like the cowlneck things going on.

[juliaN.]

alright here is my attempt at a djrajio-esque review:

Yohji Yamamoto, Raf Simons*

*damn Raf been ghost-designing for just about 80% of PFW, no wonder he's running out of steam

[Yardsale]

rehost the images...........

smh, this is why inaya is so good at wat she does

[triumphoftiredeyes]

Eh, Kris Van Assche has pretty much killed Dior Homme for me. I would still like to see the whole collection but from these few shots its not doing it for me.

[sawyer]

ss06 of KVA's own line was his best imo, it's been downhill ever since

[beberthur]

even if it's not one of the best Dior collections, this is by far KVA's most achieved. At least it has a coherence the former ones lacked.

the coats are really fine .

[homeboy]

They say the third strike hits it, but not in this case. Consider FW09 the final nail in the coffin. Dior Homme is dead.

RIP

[minou]

hey actually from those new photos you posted, the collection doesn't look too bad. pretty good imo.

[beberthur]

They say the third strike hits it, but not in this case. Consider FW09 the final nail in the coffin. Dior Homme is dead.

RIP

lol Dior Homme died after 2004 anyway, when Pete Doherty became some sort of style icon. so shut up, this collection is really not bad (and KVA's smartest so far)

[gorecouture]

are those meant to be snow shoes b/c jeezus the bottoms are HUGE.

[evisu 2000]

not bad.

[juliaN.]

yeah seeing more of this the collection really isn't bad. Easily KVA's best at DH so far, and better than anything he's done for his eponymous line since his debut.

[djrajio]

alright here is my attempt at a djrajio-esque review:

Yohji Yamamoto, Raf Simons*

*damn Raf been ghost-designing for just about 80% of PFW, no wonder he's running out of steam

Ironically I thought Kris Van's own AW09 main line is Dior Homme Luster collection x Rick Owens.

[ejm285]

i hated the shoes & graphics the most, nothing spectacular but KVA is doing better imo. can't say that for his mainline.

my favorite look, still boring and can get the same shit anyplace else

[minou]

anyone got any links to the full collection? i havent seen everything yet.

[ejm285]

http://men.style.com/fashion/collections/F2009MEN/review/CDMEN

[djrajio]

i hated the shoes & graphics the most, nothing spectacular but KVA is doing better imo. can't say that for his mainline.

I think his mainline is better than his designs for Dior.

[geekbonchic]

KVA just doesn't know how to make Dior look like his own take on it. He hasn't shed all the past associations fully and so long as he tries to continue (whether in spirit or whatever) what Hedi started, he's going to fail. The fact that his own label is so much better (which still isn't saying much) is just proof of the fact.

[ejm285]

I think his mainline is better than his designs for Dior.

i thought his line was too similar to RO, it kind of reminded me of diesel black gold. his dior line of course is still in hedi's shadow, but becoming his own very slowly.

*i am being biased toward my own taste and what i'd wear btw

[semper]

I selected this pic from the runway, before I read ejm285 's post.

I like this too, but I think it owns half of the quality to the model's red hair. Without that, it wouldn't be anything special.

[artificialsky]

[djrajio]

i thought his line was too similar to RO, it kind of reminded me of diesel black gold. his dior line of course is still in hedi's shadow, but becoming his own very slowly.

*i am being biased toward my own taste and what i'd wear btw

Yeah, well diesel black gold was a total ripoff of Rick Owens. If you look at the Luster collection, you notice a lot of the drapery, leather embellishments, and belt accessorization is similiar to KVAs collection...

[Charlie Delta]

"Go Faster, Go Further, Go Harder!

Is that not why we came?

And if not,

then WHY BOTHER???"

[Guest jhaime9]

I think the real question is why KvA was ever appointed? not that it matters, only Dior.

[beberthur]

because his designs sell well, why would LVMH remove him?

[sawyer]

I think the real question is why KvA was ever appointed? not that it matters, only Dior.

KVA studied under Hedi for six years, i'm guessing that's a big part of it

[Guest jhaime9]

KVA studied under Hedi for six years, i'm guessing that's a big part of it

so what? does that mean Damir Doma is the natural successor for Raf Simons?

Nicolas Andreas Taralis worked under Hedi, i'm guessing he should have been a big part of it...?

[Guest jhaime9]

because his designs sell well, why would LVMH remove him?

because KVA sells to a different form of client to what Hedi built for Dior Homme...

it's a contradiction, which is perhaps why on the majority, most die-hard fans of the line want KVA removed from the situation...

but yes, good point...LVMH should leave him where is his, suits me fine

[beberthur]

because KVA sells to a different form of client to what Hedi built for Dior Homme...

well-born teenagers? so what? it's an industry, and a client is a client.

I don't think KVA has much power at Dior.