Behind the set: Dior Homme S/S 2017

published 28 June 2016

Staged in the grand Tennis Club de Paris, Van Assche presented his latest collection for Dior (opens in new tab) Homme in a neon-lit industrial fun fair. It was inspired by the Sinksenfoor park in Antwerp, a landmark of his adolescent days.

'I am interested in a synthesis of generations and filtering subcultures through my own lens to tell a new story,' says Van Assche, who was inspired by the outcast teens who used to hang out at the Antwerp fun fair when he was a boy.

Channelling the spirit of the legendary Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, Russo created a giant twisting metal sculpture covered with fairground lights, which began to flash as soon as the music started.

Order and disorder ran parallel, as Van Assche’s outcasts weaved around Russo’s towering roller coaster tracks on the silver floor, taking us back to the halcyon days of rave.

Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*. Having previously held roles at 10, 10 Men and AnOther magazines, he joined the team in 2022. His work has a particular focus on the moments where fashion and style intersect with other creative disciplines – among them art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and profiling the industry’s leading figures and brands.