The menswear collections in Paris have heated up thanks to the Dior show, designed by Kim Jones, which caused a buzz in the fashion capital on Friday, 21 June.
Kate Moss arrived arm-in-arm with boyfriend Count Nikolai von Bismarck in support of Jones, who is a long-term friend, as they joined a stellar guestlist including Demi Moore and her minuscule Chihuahua, Pilaf, Robert Pattinson, Brooklyn Beckham and the Colombian singer Maluma.
Many will be relieved to see Moss and von Bismarck cosied up, following rumours of a split after a Gucci show in London last month — where better to squash them than the city of love? For the photocall, Moss posed alongside the French actress and singer Amanda Lear.
There were a flurry of other Londoners who caught the Eurostar to see the afternoon catwalk show, including Top Boy’s Micheal Ward, model Lux Gillespie, and musician CKTRL. Finishing the starry guestlist was Sheffield footballer Rhian Brewster, former Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott and the managing director of Christian Dior, Delphine Arnault.
Also there was recent Tatler coverstar Alexandre Grimaldi, Prince Albert of Monaco's son, for the second catwalk of his debut show season — it comes after he attended Gucci’s menswear collection in Milan earlier in the week.
The works of Hylton Nel, the artist and potter who lives and works in South Africa, certainly took centre stage during the collection — his enchanting cat sculptures were blown up into towering figurines which filled the showspace, as well as shrunken to be held as clutches by various models.
The Dior Men’s front row in Paris:
