Honey Dijon brought a distinctly personal fashion history to Saint Laurent's Spring/Summer 2027 show at the Fontaine du Trocadéro in Paris on Tuesday, 29 September. The DJ and designer sat front row in a Saint Laurent look finished with the brand's black leather Babylone Mules.
The appearance was another link between Dijon and a fashion house she has worn previously, but her relationship with style goes back much further than the runway. Before becoming an internationally recognised DJ and designer, Dijon developed her visual and musical identity in Chicago's record stores and club scene.
Where Honey Dijon's Style Began
Long before Saint Laurent knew her name, Honey Dijon was a teenager digging through crates at Chicago stores like Gramaphone Records and Imports Etc. The experience introduced her to the city's influential house music scene and helped shape the musical identity that would later become central to her career.
It was also where she met Derrick Carter, a pioneering Chicago house DJ who became a friend and mentor. That mentorship shaped more than her record bag. Carter is widely credited as one of the architects of the Chicago house sound that defined the city's underground clubs through the '80s and '90s, and Dijon has described him as the person who taught her how to actually listen, not just collect.
Fashion as a Language on the Dance Floor
Dijon's relationship with fashion developed alongside her involvement in Chicago's nightlife. Dijon told i-D that she grew up on Chicago's South Side and came up in the city's Black gay scene, where clothing could communicate identity and connections to different musical communities.
For Dijon, fashion and music were therefore closely linked from the beginning. What people wore could help signal the clubs, scenes and subcultures they belonged to, making personal style an important part of nightlife culture.
New York Sharpened Her Musical Perspective
Moving to New York in the late '90s sharpened her skills. 'I wasn't hearing music presented in the way it was in Chicago,' she told i-D. 'New York, for me, was very segregated musically; you had the soulful house parties, big room, tribal clubs, underground New Wave parties, techno parties.'
That contrast pushed her toward the genre-blending style she's known for today, something she's credited in part to New York DJ Danny Tenaglia's influence on her approach, particularly his sense of drama and willingness to take risks mid-set.
The DJ and all-around fashion muse got a little kinky with her Paris Fashion Week style. “It reminded me of going to The Anvil in the late ’70s—but doing it super chic.” https://t.co/VgVqHG3sEY
— Vogue Runway (@VogueRunway) September 30, 2026
From Record Store to Runway Soundtrack
The refusal to stay in one lane eventually led her to the fashion industry. She has curated the soundtrack for Louis Vuitton's menswear shows, built a close creative relationship with Kim Jones, and launched her own label, Honey Fucking Dijon, with Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market, back in 2019. The label has carried the same borderless instinct that built her DJ sets, pulling pieces meant to be worn out, danced in and seen under club lighting rather than kept pristine on a hanger.
That history is what sits underneath the Trocadéro look: a style built in Chicago record stores, sharpened on New York dance floors, and now dressed by one of the houses soundtracking her career.
