The first model down Dior’s marble staircase picked up an aux cord and plugged it in. That was the cue for the soundtrack, a mix by Fred again.. that, per Russh, moved from KTNA and Mabe Fratti to Jamie T, with original vocals from Christine and the Queens. Jonathan Anderson’s Spring/Summer 2027 men’s show for Dior began at 9 a.m. on Wednesday (June 24) at the Musée Nissim de Camondo, moved up from the afternoon because of the heat wave gripping Paris.
It still wasn’t early enough. The Associated Press reported that guests were handed cold towels, strawberries and parasols at the door, but as the mansion warmed up some looked overcome and water ran short. The front row sat through it anyway: Pharrell Williams, who had staged his own Louis Vuitton show a day earlier, Jimin, Little Simz, 070 Shake, LaKeith Stanfield, James Marsden, Drew Starkey and Mike Faist.
The invitation was a jet-black disco ball, and Dior described the mood as “a soiree turning into a house party.” Anderson put it more plainly: “something quite formal becoming undone.” Tuxedos came loose, denim was ripped and finished with fine silver chains, and pinstripes and houndstooth were printed onto silk chiffon instead of woven, so the tailoring turned see-through. Sequined trousers read as jeans, crystal sunglasses and disco-ball boots sat beside patchworked Japanese denim shirts, and the boots were scuffed on purpose, with tiny ladybirds across them.
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The idea is easy to follow: the Dior man isn’t arriving at the party, he’s stayed until morning. Behind the Blinds saw a character study of guests leaving the night before, with ties loosened, collars open and the house’s Bar jacket fraying at the edges. The best looks, AP wrote, kept Dior visible while disturbing it, with a scarf motif from the house’s 1979 haute couture and silver embroidery from an 18th-century gentleman’s coat.
The venue added tension. The Camondo mansion, closed for restoration, is a museum of 18th-century decorative arts and also a memorial: Moïse de Camondo’s son died in World War I, and later members of the family were deported and killed in the Holocaust. Against that, the show’s playfulness had something to push against.
It was Anderson’s third men’s collection for Dior, a year into the job. Behind the Blinds ended its review with a line that suited the morning: “One year in, Anderson’s party is only just getting started.” He came back in September with a womenswear show over the Tuileries basin.
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