WWD broke the news last fall that Jones held discussions to join Versace , and he was also said to be a contender to succeed Christopher Bailey at Burberry, a role subsequently filled by Riccardo Tisci.
A graduate of Central Saint Martins in London, Jones has had a storied fashion career, with John Galliano snapping up his graduate collection. He is seen as one of a handful of marquee designers who can straddle the luxury and streetwear worlds.
Sign up for WWD news straight to your inbox every day. All Rights reserved. Fashion Moore From L. Marc Bohan established the Christian Dior Monsieur line in Hedi Slimane famously changed all that. Although some elements of his creative recipe were presaged by Helmut Lang and Raf Simons, Hedi x Dior was a perfectly serendipitous case of the right designer at the right house at the right time. His ultrastructured, ultraskinny at least until Fall silhouette recalibrated menswear from the top down.
Yet the Belgian successfully pushed Dior Homme forward, too: The house now has great sneaker game and a strong line in severely luxurious athleisure.
Van Assche also thought deeply about the codes of the founder. The designer created the models from a fabric made of linen or muslin that bore his signature. By the late s, many of the haute couture houses had closed to the advance of the cheaper ready-to-wear. French couturier Christian Dior was the most prestigious designer of this last stage of haute couture; his elegant and sculptural lines would influence women and designers for decades.
Dior gave up his political science studies for music, although in reality he devoted himself to travelling and running an art gallery. In , his mother died of cancer and the family business he inherited was declared bankrupt.
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