The trainer there is no longer any shame: in the realm of shoes it has supplanted all the others. Gone are the days when he was only destined for the gym, leaving him to other shoes to bring style to everyday life. There is nothing left for her, and even the luxury brands have understood this. After having timidly offered some in-house models to try to find a place alongside the giants of the sector – Nike, Adidas and other Pumas – now they are fully entering the competition. Now the sneakers signed by the greatest designers are serious candidates for the titles of the coolest shoes of the season. And everyone gets involved, even the most prestigious names. Just look at the Instagram profile of Tibo Denisthe designer in charge of the men’s shoe collections of Dior to make it happen: the house on the avenue Montaigne puts the parcel luxury baskets ultra stylized. The last couple that clearly caught our eye: the B31. Design right in the trends and a small accessory that could hit the mark, we can already see all the signs that could make it an it-shoe.
Le B31, a future Dior success?
We had already spotted the couple on the runway of the fashion show Kim Jones (the artistic director of Dior Hommes) for spring-summer 2023. The theme: a conversation between Christian Dior and the Scottish painter Duncan Grant, who gives life to an exceptional scenography, a half-Norman, half-British garden linking the houses of the two artists. The collection mixes refinement and technical elements and offers us the B31, the Dior version of hiking basketball. Alright, the GR aesthetic and trudging up the mountain still occupy the moodboards. Way Diorthis gives a basketball “that equips the foot. (…) We tried to work on waterproof systems so that there was a real function”, explains Thibo Denis in a video by Loïc Prigent.
Aesthetically, the couple deflects the flogging, a motif dear to the fashion house (which can be found on Lady Dior). A little more stylish: the arrival of a branded “shoe hood”, a protection system that covers the pair halfway between those distributed in the laboratories and the K-Way for the foot. An accessory that has everything to please and could become more popular when you see the success of UGG, which has imagined a similar concept. Signed Dior, could be emulated! The release date of these exceptional baskets and their little companion is unknown but could be imminent, the arrival of the spring collections in stores shouldn’t be delayed any longer. We already anticipate guaranteed success.
