By Pakkee Tan
June 14, 2021
For spring/summer season 2022, Dior Men’s Kim Jones initiated a “dialogue” with Japanese label Sacai and its designer, Chitose Abe for a covetable capsule
Kim Jones has done it once again! With a observe history of providing the most covetable collaborations in fashion—think: Kaws, Daniel Arsham, and Shawn Stussy in his tenure at Dior Men’s, and substantial-profile co-branded capsules with Fragment and Supreme at Louis Vuitton—you can nearly always count on him to provide a surprise every season. Spring/summer 2022 is no distinct, with the prolific collaborator hunting to the Much East—Japan, to be precise—for his future partnership.

Chitose Abe and Sacai have engaged in a “dialogue” with the French luxurious brand name, bringing its achingly great brand name of sportswear style and design to the desk. Sacai’s style philosophy of creating hybrids in trend flows by means of the capsule collection: Vintage Dior silhouettes have been reimagined in new materials and approaches by way of Sacai Dior’s signature floral embellishments have been fused with modern fabrications seen at the Japanese label and sharp-eyed enthusiasts will observe the new variation in the Dior logo, with the “i” getting changed by the a person identified in Sacai’s logo.

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In addition to completely ready-to-don parts, bags and add-ons have also been presented the Sacai contact. The Saddle bag, for one, has been provided a refresh with utilitarian components this sort of as nylon, a Sacai favourite although Sacai’s signature pearls have been additional to Dior Men’s gold- and silver-complete brass jewelry and accessories.

“Sacai is one of my 1st stops when I go to Japan,” Jones explained to WWD. “I’ve usually liked [Chitose Abe] and I just feel she’s a single of the coolest women of all ages in the world. And we talked about undertaking this since I was at Vuitton, and then finally it took place.”

Jones and Abe have been good friends for 15 years, and, in the very same job interview with WWD, she talked about the collaboration staying a “huge honour” and that it showed just how “committed to always becoming modern and challenging” equally Dior and Jones are.

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The Dior and Sacai capsule collection will launch globally in November 2021.

Get a preview of the collection in the gallery below.