FAIR VENICE WHERE WE LAY OUR SCENE

Californian pop culture meets the spirit of Parisian couture, where Kim Jones’ own fashion sensibilities merge with contemporary perspectives resulting in street couture for Dior Men Spring capsule collection 2023

YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOT heard of Eli Russell Linnetz. Yet, the Californian head of ERL just might be the most influential fashion designer in the industry; this film student turned-designer has worked with Kanye and Lady Gaga and directed videos for Teyana Taylor. It would make sense that Kim Jones, our King of Collaboration, would seek Linnetz and choose to show the capsule collection against the backdrop of Venice Beach, Los Angeles, a stand-in for fair Verona where Baz Luhrmann set his take on Romeo & Juliet. It’s Linnetz’s backyard ‒ “I grew up in Venice Beach, I came to this street all the time,” said Linnetz at a preview before the show, and it is here that Jones would set the tone for the Dior Men Spring capsule collection 2023.

Of his collaborator, Jones said, “Not only do I like his work but working with a younger designer on Dior Men and seeing things from his perspective, felt incredibly inspiring. It was both familiar and revelatory; reaffirming why we both dreamed about working in fashion in the first place.”