Los Angeles fans of Kim Jones’ work for Dior Men will be among the first to shop the summer 2019 capsule collection, which was installed Wednesday at Maxfield’s Jean Prouvé ‘Nomade’ House at 8825 Melrose Avenue and will run until Dec. 26. The first pop-up made its debut at Isetan in Tokyo last month.
The Dior Men artistic director commissioned artist Kaws to reimagine the Dior logo and iconic bee for a variety of streetwear-inspired products including T-shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, backpacks and accessories from the Dior Oblique line such as sneakers, and denim pieces using the special craft of Japanese Boro. The complex 17th-century embroidery technique punctuates some of the casual denim pieces to give them a “couture” flavor. In addition, Jones reinterpreted the Saddle Bag for men for the first time. Retail prices range from $550 to $2,350.
Inside the Dior Men x KAWS Summer Capsule at Maxfield
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There’s also a limited-edition, white Oblique BMX bike that comes for the first time with a “Dior Oblique” patterned aluminum case with side and top handles for easy carry, in case one chooses to travel with it.
Hard to miss is the large-scale, yellow-and-black cabochon light Kaws bee in Maxfield’s street-front window and another
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