Christian Dior Commercial Remaking the ‘Bar’ jacket for Dior Men's Winter 2022-2023 2025

VIDEO Christian Dior Remaking the ‘Bar’ jacket for Dior Men's Winter 2022-2023 TV commercial 2022 • Remaking the ‘Bar’ jacket for Dior Men's Winter 2022-2023 Learn how the iconic ‘Bar’ jacket - the eternal emblem of Dior femininity since the founding couturier introduced it to the world as part of his New Look debut in 1947 - has been radically reimagined for the Dior Men Winter 2022-2023 collection by Kim Jones. A visit to the atelier reveals how the canvas layer that traditionally and invisibly structures the front of men’s jackets has been utilized to shape the style’s distinctive suppressed waist and flaring peplums through the architectural employing of darts and pleats. By using predominantly dry fabrics in weaves such as houndstooth and Prince of Wales check - both possessing a significant Dior pedigree - the authentic appropriation for menswear is assured. 00:04 The idea this season was to take very traditional jackets, 00:07 men's fabrics and so on, 00:09 and transform them into a silhouette that is emblematic of Dior, 00:13 which is the "Bar" silhouette 00:15 So, we remade that, 00:16 but then in less constructed ways, 00:19 in more of a masculine way and in masculine fabrics. 00:25 One of the most important elements 00:27 was to work on the construction of the front of the jacket. 00:30 We really cut right through the canvas 00:33 and pleated it and re-sewed it 00:35 so that you get this attitude of the "Bar" jacket. 00:38 You get this cinched-in waist, and then a flaring out at the hips. 00:43 And you even see a little bit of the canvas 00:45 that comes out from the dart. 00:47 And then it's hand stitched 00:49 to accentuate this idea of transformation. 00:53 So, we extended the canvas all the way to the bottom 00:56 to give us as much silhouette and as much support as possible. 01:01 It's extremely recognizable because it has this very suppressed waist, 01:06 and then it has this almost tulip like flowering out at the hips. 01:11 We used a lot of pied-de-poule, prince de Galles 01:15 — fabrics that are quite dry and have a bit of a vintage feel. 01:18 We really wanted that extremely traditional, classic identity. - advertisement spot 2022