Last April, Dior revealed its first collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, a ‘beachwear capsule’ designed by Dior’s menswear artistic director Kim Jones utilising materials developed from ‘Parley Ocean Plastic’, recycled marine debris recovered from islands around the world (in particular, the Maldives, Dominican Republic and Sri Lanka).
With summer on the horizon, Dior and Parley for the Oceans unite once again on a capsule collection for the beach, melding the Parisian house’s unrivalled savoir-faire with Parley’s pioneering work in preventing marine plastic pollution. More than eight million metric tons of plastic trash ends up in the ocean each year; since 2012, the nonprofit has attempted to intercept this waste and utilise marine plastic in various innovative ways, including Parley Ocean Plastic which is used by numerous brands including Adidas in the place of virgin plastics.
