The new jacket designed by Kim Jones, named the Tailleur Oblique, wraps the silhouette in a diagonal line and comes in pink, yellow, gray, black or white. A nod to one of the styles from the fall-winter 1950 collection, it pays tribute to Christian Dior’s celebrated passion for tailoring.

From 1947, this great French classic adorned the walls of the founding couturier’s first boutique, named “Colifichets” – at 30 Avenue Montaigne – realized in collaboration with the decorator Victor Grandpierre, following the advice of the artist Christian Bérard. Directly inspired by this toile de Jouy, Kim Jones used it for trench coats, jackets, trousers, shorts and shirts, as well as on tank tops, reinterpreting it as an all-over print, in jacquards or feather embroidery.

At each of his shows, Christian Dior placed the guests in his salons at 30 Avenue Montaigne on elegant Napoleon III-style chairs, the seats of which were made of light-colored cane, or cannage. Having become an iconic House code, this artisanal weave was revisited for Summer 2019 by Kim Jones. Here, through laser cutting, it punctuates a leather trench coat, a shirt and a blouson, infusing this emblem with a contemporary air.