Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Kim Jones Autumn/Winter 2005

Whoever he’s designing for, one of the joys of a Kim Jones collection has always been the mesh of references he weaves to make a mood. His triumphs at Vuitton and Dior, coloured by collabs with marquee-name artists and brands, have been fulsomely documented (check back for Dior Men’s Autumn/Winter 2021 on December 8), but my own personal favourite will always be the Autumn/Winter 2005 collection he showed under his own name, before the years of pomp, at La Maison Rouge in Paris. Everything we have come to expect and love from Mr Jones was already present and correct: the curatorial appetite, the ability to work well with others, the twisted little hints of autobiog, plus the remake/remodelling of menswear that fused sporty athleticism and sartorial elegance. The latter was responsible for Kim’s subtle transformation into one of the most influential figures in 21st century fashion.

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