Since he took over Dior Men in 2018, Kim Jones’ has made collaboration his modus operandi, enlisting artists, musicians and various talents within the Jones multiverse to lend their creative vim and vigour into the Dior mix. But for his new show during Paris fashion week, Jones struck up a dialogue of a different kind; with Monsieur Dior himself.

‘It feels like the ultimate collaboration; a conversation with Christian Dior himself,’ said Jones, choosing to stage the show on the day of Christian Dior’s birthday, to mark 75 years since founding the house. The codes and founding tenets that Dior created during his short career – he died just 11 years after making his debut in 1946 – have been frequently employed by Jones in his men’s offering; the tailoring that was intrinsic to Dior’s iconic 1947 Bar jacket, floral motifs, fabrics more associated with femininity as opposed to traditional menswear.