Per WWD, Jonathan Anderson's latest Dior collection is simpler and floatier because “I like this idea that all of that, and the shoe, could go into a shoebox." Okay, but who is stuffing their $4000 Dior outfit into a shoebox, much less WITH the shoes in it?
Also:
The designer has refined a number of codes over the last 12 months, chief among them his idea of “broken aristocracy,” which he channeled into shawl-collared bed jackets, lined with shearling and worn with python-effect metallic pants — another idea lifted from men’s — or checked organza coats with wispy fringing. “I wanted to land on a vibe,” he said. “It’s removing the heaviness of heritage, somehow, from the brand.”
Is "removing the heaviness of heritage" code for, "Please save me from these archives, I don't want them"?