Dior Take Inspiration from Jack Kerouac’s Beatnik Movement for Fall ‘22

For Dior’s Fall ‘22 collection, Kim Jones has materialised his love for Jack Kerouac and the nomadic lifestyle surrounding the mid-20th century beat movement.

Founded by now-famed authors Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, the beatnik philosophy - best penned in Kerouac’s cult novel “On the Road”, aimed to tackle the moral restraints of post war America and the struggles of rebuilding the “American Dream”. Dior aren’t the only firm to redefine Americana, heritage brands such as Levi’s and Ralph Lauren typically draw upon this era for their own regular outputs. 

First unveiled at Dior’s Fall ‘22 runway show back in December, the collection uses wools, leathers, silks and recycled nylons to transcend the 50s inspiration to modern heights. 

With a view to serve the open road, outfits built from rough and ready styles favour flannels, neck-ties, blousons and all sorts of patchy suiting to emulate the ambitious, flow-going nature of the beat movement’s founding fathers, allowing the modern thinker to live vicariously through a selection of rag-tag fits that retain the beatnik vibe with a luxury, Dior twist.

It wouldn’t be a Dior collection without the inclusion of their ubiquitous saddle bag - calf leather painted in a silver-toned, ‘grungy’ finish, clip-able through a rollercoaster buckle, proves to be the perfect companion on your journey through mid-west America.

Not shying away from the collection’s true inspiration, Jack Kerouac boldly cameos on a selection of the garments.                                          

Shop the collection now, on Dior’s website.