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вЂCombining comfort and elegance, technicality and refinement, this wardrobe is made up of essential, adventure-ready, mix-and-match pieces,вЂ™ say the collectionвЂ™s accompanying notes.

Another pair of jackets can be packed away into a pouch reminiscent of the Saddle Bag, while JonesвЂ™ lace-up B23 sneaker boots come with new bio-based plastic soles. The collection itself, centring on a sand-and-sea palette of blues and ochres, sees these fabrics formulated into a summer-ready capsule of clothing designed for warmer days ahead вЂ“ whether pullover sweaters, cargo shorts, or sporty T-shirts (the house note the capsule is as much for summertime adventures as for the beach). It makes for perhaps the most richly-fashion iteration of Parley Ocean Plastic yet (the organisationвЂ™s other high-profile collaboration is with sportswear label Adidas, which has been running for over half a decade). Some come woven with the houseвЂ™s iconic prints and patterns,В like the Dior Oblique, first designed in 1967 and since embraced by Jones in his collections, alongside bayadГЁres stripes and the lesser-known Adriatic motif, which is drawn from the house archives.

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First initiated by Jones in 2019 and symbolising the houseвЂ™s commitment toВ a вЂmore eco-innovative, sustainable future for fashionвЂ™, the collaboration is built on the idea ofВ innovation, combining DiorвЂ™s near-unrivalled savoir-faire with вЂParley Ocean PlasticвЂ™, a series of high-performance fabrics created from upcycled plastic marine debris recovered from islands around the world (in particular, the Maldives, Dominican Republic and Sri Lanka).Дriven by a desire to вЂprotect the undersea worldвЂ™, these fabrics are transformed by the DiorВ atelier into intricate jacquards, mesh knits, and a technical canvas (a challenge undertaken by the houseвЂ™s fastidious artisans, who were working with these new fabrics for the very first time). In time for Earth Day on April 22В вЂ“ and, indeed, summer daysВ ahead вЂ“ a sustainableВ beachwear capsule from Dior sees Jones unite with environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans on a clothing collection вЂinspired by the deep, unbreakable ties that unite Dior with natureвЂ™. It is a preoccupation shared by current menвЂ™s artistic director of the house Kim Jones, who himself grew up immersed in the dramatic natural landscapes of Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Botswana and the Caribbean during a nomadic childhood (such is his love of nature, he declares Sir David Attenborough his hero). Nature was a longtime fascination for Christian Dior, his idyllic childhood spent in the flower-filled clifftop gardens of Villa вЂLes RhumbsвЂ™ in northwestern France, which look out towards the English Channel beyond.