Maria Grazia Chiuri Exits Dior, Capping Transformative Era for the Paris Fashion Behemoth
- Maria Grazia Chiuri, Italian designer and Dior women's artistic director since 2016, announced her departure from the Paris fashion house in May 2025.
- Chiuri's exit follows nearly a decade of leading Dior's women's collections, during which she modernized the brand and incorporated feminist perspectives to attract new customers.
- Chiuri concluded her tenure by showcasing the 2026 Cruise line for Dior Women's wear in her hometown of Rome, earning a standing ovation, while Jonathan Anderson, recently appointed creative director of Dior Men, is considered a likely candidate to take over her role.
- Dior expressed deep gratitude to Chiuri, who said she was delighted by the extraordinary opportunity, and academic Serge Carreira noted she wrote a significant chapter in Dior's history.
- Chiuri's departure could create greater consistency between Dior's men's and women's lines under Anderson, signaling a new era for the LVMH brand amid recent luxury market challenges.
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Maria Grazia Chiuri walks the runway during the Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall Winter 2022 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) Maria Grazia Chiuri, the first woman to ever lead Dior’s women’s collections, is exiting the French house after nearly a decade at the helm. Appointed in 2016, Chiuri brought with her a resolutely feminist vision that…

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