The big obsession of the designers in 2019 is the future

Kim Jones, creative director of Dior Homme and contemporary Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, once again join their artistic works for a launch of selected pieces with a unique illustration.

The big obsession of designers in 2019 is the Future. Creating and designing for the years to come, or thinking about the tastes that the public may have tomorrow, based on today can be a source of anxiety for the creative directors of the big fashion houses that are constantly looking for innovation; therefore, inspiration always comes from the known that provides an inherent security, the future is yet to come, but the past, no matter how past it is, is sure, will not suffer sudden changes, is a firm ground on which to step.

Once we understand this reflection, we can admire from a correctly judicious perspective the new launch of exclusive pieces by Dior Homme.  The Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama returns to work for the French house designing an illustration printed on B23 t-shirts and slippers; it is a dinosaur T Rex robotic among cherry blossoms trying to jump out of the garments, a convergence between the past, the future and the cultural.

The future is uncertain, but at the same time it provides us with the terrain over which the designers’ imagination can fly as there is nothing written and the possibilities multiply exponentially. The creative director of Dior Homme, Kim Jones, and Sorayama is not the first time they have met on the same stage; in Tokyo at the presentation of the pre-autumn 2019 collection of the maison, Sorayama built Centerstage, a huge female robot that watched the entire parade. This large-scale sculpture represented an optimistic, sensual and serious future.

The world of fashion, especially the men’s sector, has evolved radically, new generations are willing to take risks in structures, materials and accessories; traditionalisms are left behind, dressing in fashion is a game in which both the designer and the public are willing to participate. Fashion runs fast, but not only for that reason designers must believe that anything goes. Fashion has become selective, dynamic and personal.

Many designers have taken risks for the future of men’s fashion and have achieved it. Thierry Mugler designed a metallic robot suit, but not only innovation lives from the bionic; Yoon Ahn’s trains and jackets with reflective bands for Ambush provide a multipurpose utility that we need more than ever. Demna Gvasalia is a great entrepreneur of the future from the Balenciaga house, not only for the garments he designs, but also for opening the Spanish house to the male market.

Men’s fashion has started to develop in recent years, taking shape and presence in the sector. Currently, men’s fashion is presented as a white canvas in which women’s fashion emerges as a source of inspiration.