Born to Race

From the thrill of the racetrack to that of the ateliers, the second capsule collection by Kim Jones and Lewis Hamilton – guest designer and Dior ambassador – highlights the values that unite the worlds of motor sport and couture. Rigour, precision, performance, emotion. Continuing the creative dialogue initiated in Spring 2025, this new chapter showcases the career and life of the seven-time Formula 1 world champion more intimately, in a virtuoso symbiosis of tributes and evocations.

The collection takes its starting point from the aesthetics of the Afrofuturist movement – an expression of the Artistic Director’s and athlete’s mutual attachment to the African continent – whose emblems interweave with those of the House. Wonderful synergies that come to life through ultra-contemporary looks, playing with proportion and simultaneously cultivating elegance and ease. The timeless leopard pattern appears on pieces in tweed made using all kinds of thread ­– loop, ribbon, guipure and metallic – revealing a joyful flamboyance that blends tradition and subversion. From one code to the next, silhouettes transcribe a unique approach to the art of tailoring Kim Jones cherishes. Cuts – whether oversized, boxy or carefully fitted – display sleek, radically modern contours. Like a reinvented cardigan, the Oblique suit, an essential signature, is designed without lapels, while a short jacket reinterprets a model from the Miss Dior ready-to-wear line of 1968.

Extending these clever superpositions, abstract twists on certain iconic motifs punctuate outfits, recounting a story through cannage or the Dior Oblique, which turns up variously in fluorescent hues or affixed to reflective laser-printed fabric. Boldly daring, bags, boots and derbies, as well as the B44 Blade sneakers, flat caps and crocheted bobs, embody the osmosis between time-honoured craftsmanship and technicality, while also conveying the spirit of this irresistibly fusional collection.