Inspired by Jack Kerouac’s 1951 book 'On the Road', Dior Men’s latest show brought Beat Generation style and a collection of rare books to London.
is widely considered the voice of a generation, and his autobiographical, stream-of-consciousness book has inspired everyone from Bob Dylan to Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol to Patti Smith — and now, Kim Jones.
As so many do, Kim Jones first discovered the book as a wanderlust-struck teenager, and given that he is an avid collector of things — books, art, streetwear, pop culture memorabilia — he embarked on acquiring as many letters, first-edition books, personal objects, inscribed manuscripts that pertained to the Beat Generation as he could.
Considering this is Dior’s first show in London in a while, Kim wanted to make it extra special, so he decided to display 60 books in an exhibition entirely devoted to the Beat Generation, aptly titled ‘’ . Guests to the show entered through the extensive display before witnessing a giant typewriter unravelling a giant replica of the full manuscript of, so that it actually resembled, well, a road — one that leads all the way back to Paris.
What about the clothes, you ask? The idea for the collection was a suitcase filled with clothes, picked out for a long road trip and styled in different ways on different days. “It's not necessarily classic American sportswear, but a modern interpretation of it, taking things in the archive of Dior and bringing it into that as well,” Kim explained.
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