Chilly cool

Underpass, a film for Dior Homme, by Willy Vanderperre. The well-shot if not slightly haphazard short film (promoting Spring/Summer 2013) establishes a feeling of the sublime with its multiple deserted underpasses cut along with the atmospheric “How Does It Feel?” by British psychedelic rock band Spacemen 3. If discipline comes at some cost to accessibility, it’s a tradeoff you imagine the designer, Belgian Kris Van Assche, would approve. These are clothes to be worn seriously—or maybe enlisted in. Right in line with the honed brand image that Dior Homme has cultivated for years…