Kim Joness fall 2025 collection for Dior Men was the standout at the menswear shows earlier this month.
There was a sense in the room that the collection was his closing statement at the house.
The rumor mill had been spinning.
Last week, Jones was made a chevalier de la Legion dHonneur, Frances highest civilian honor.
Im all about life and chapters, Jones offered the evening of his knighting.
I realized that it makes life feel longer," he continued.
Jones’s iteration of Monsieur Dior’s “Debussy” gown from the spring 1950 collection for fall 2024.
This chapter is good, that next chapter will be exciting.
Thats how I view the world.
Read through to find the seven ways in which Jones changed Dior Menand menswearin seven years.
Christian Dior with two of his models in 1950. Tania, on the right, models the original “Debussy” dress.
This chapter has been remarkable.
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Prior to joining Dior, Jones had made Louis Vuitton menswear a truly international phenomenon.
Robert Pattinson and Gwendoline Christie on Jones’s fall 2023 runway.
Switching Homme to Men was only the tip of the iceberg of what Jones had planned for Dior.
Presentations inGiza, Miami, London, and Venice Beach would soon follow.
Jonessdebutfeatured a 33-foot-tall floral sculpture by Kaws made of 70,000 peonies and roses (Monsieur Dior loved roses).
Dior Men, spring 2024
Jones, the showman that he is, was a true runway innovator.
Joness iteration of Monsieur Diors Debussy gown from the spring 1950 collection for fall 2024.
Christian Dior with two of his models in 1950.
The 80-meter-long replica of Jack Kerouac’sOn the Roadfor pre-fall 2022.
Tania, on the right, models the original Debussy dress.
He turned it into a vest.
Such was the range of his couture-inflicted menswear; elegant and novel but wearable nonetheless.
Flowers for Monsieur Dior at Jones’s debut show.
Lest we forget the newsiest, viral-est of them all: ShawnStussy.
I dont choose people just because theyre famous, Jones said at the time.
Robert Pattinson and Gwendoline Christie on Joness fall 2023 runway.
The pattern for this jacket was based on one drafted by Monsieur Dior for a Japanese client.
Dior Men, spring 2024
The 80-meter-long replica of Jack KerouacsOn the Roadfor pre-fall 2022.
Most recently, he put five giant iterations of work of ceramicist Hylton Nel on hisspring 2025runway.
Flowers for Monsieur Dior at Joness debut show.
For spring 2023, Jones had his models walk out of a replica of Monsieur Dior’s home.
The pattern for this jacket was based on one drafted by Monsieur Dior for a Japanese client.
For spring 2023, Jones had his models walk out of a replica of Monsieur Diors home.
The Christian Dior museum at the home where he was born in Granville, France.
The Christian Dior museum at the home where he was born in Granville, France.
There was alsothe timeJones had his models traverse a garden modeled after Diors in the Normandy village of Granville.
The line referencedLove Is the Devil, the film about Francis Bacons relationship with George Dyer.
And that they do.
Backstage at Dior Men, spring 2025
