Just Kids! This shoot captures the adolescent spirit behind Dior Men

Samuel Bradley and Lawrie Abei take us back to the golden days of field trips in our autumn 2023 issue. The kind of trips that were less about learning boring information and more about running wild in the real world and trying to impress with your best out of school outfit, featuring Dior’s black boot, knitted jumpers, and waterproof jackets. 

Abei’s creations are the uniforms we all wish we had. Instead of taking notes, the models are carrying each other on their backs, laying in the flowers, jumping through inflated water rings, and hiding from the adults taking a nap. Behind the fitted shirts and tailored jackets, these are just kids navigating freedom and responsibility for the first time. What could possibly go wrong?

Hair Gregor Makris using bumble and bumble products, Make-up Helena Narra at Liganord using Nars, Models London Lee at CMS World, Jean Phillipp at DSM, Keanu Pauli at M4 Models Management, Ekenem at 2m, Lenn at Tiad, Aaron Danner at Izaio, Set design Carina Dewhurst at Schierke Artists, Photographic assistant Stephen Elwyn Smith, Styling assistants Akinola Kazeem, Lena Lauer, Hair assistant Masayuki Yuasa, Set design assistants Paula Viejo, Q Emanga, Lighting assistants Liam Mulligan, Deborah Frey, Videographer Laura Schaeffer, Production Sabrina Hubert, Production assistant Marco Wagner, Casting director Kyra Sophie, Casting assistants Ananya Nisbez, Olga Sikorska, Location Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Alt-Schöneberg, Retouch Imgn Studio