Safi – Dior’s front row attracted a line of artists from around the globe for its Spring/Summer 2027 men’s show in Paris on June 24. 

The house describes the show as “a study of juxtaposition, exploring dress codes, techniques and silhouettes, and what happens when these are relaxed.”

Basil Khayat

He carried an easy, off-duty charm. The Syrian actor wore a relaxed white cotton shirt, finished with two-tone patchwork denim jeans, white sneakers, amber-tinted sunglasses, and a simple silver watch.

Ahmed Malek

His look read polished but undone. The Egyptian actor wore a band-collar denim shirt with a sun-bleached ombré fade, worn with wide khaki trousers, two-tone brown-and-cream woven leather loafers, and a leather-strap watch.

Jimin

He brought an almost regal drama to the front row, ornate where everyone else stayed casual. The BTS member wore a navy velvet coat lined with gold-and-silver embroidered motifs down both sides, worn over a green plaid shirt. Underneath, he wore light-wash wide-leg jeans, taupe suede boots, and a thin gold necklace.

LaKeith Stanfield

He leaned into a tweed-academic mood with a streetwear edge cutting through it. The American actor wore a brown herringbone tweed blazer over a white shirt left open at the collar. On the bottom, he went with charcoal smooth ombré stonewashed denim, a dark green Dior-branded cap, and dark brown suede ankle boots.

Pharrell Williams

He kept his usual playful dress for comfort over ceremony, in a Louis Vuitton monogram cap, the house he himself designs menswear for. The musician wore a grey zip hoodie over a white T-shirt, rounded out with light-wash jeans, yellow rectangular sunglasses, layered silver chains, and red-and-white sneakers.

Cortis

The trio, formed under BIGHIT MUSIC, leaned into a coordinated, youthful energy, each in a different texture but the same easy mood. 

Keonho wore a tan-and-white plaid shirt with white trousers and grey snake-print boots. Juhoon chose a blue shirt detailed with a sequined panel at the shoulder, paired with dark blue jeans and matching snake-print boots.

Seonghyeon kept to a grey textured polo-style sweater with black trousers and studded black leather loafers.

Behind the show

Jonathan Anderson framed the collection as “a study of juxtaposition,” and the clothes backed up the claim. Frayed denim sat next to sheer chiffon, a houndstooth suit shared the runway with silver sequined trousers and python shorts, and loose aristocratic tailoring. The contrast was the point: refinement undone just enough to read as instinct rather than effort.

Checks and plaid ran underneath all of it as the one constant, restrained where the rest of the show leaned loud, the throughline holding the contrasts together.

The venue did some of the same work. The Musée Nissim de Camondo, an 18th-century mansion currently closed to the public for its own restoration, gave the show a setting that was itself mid-transformation, a fitting backdrop for a house publicly reworking what its menswear looks like under new direction.