Jonathan Anderson on Taking the Reins at Dior: ‘How Do You Make History?’
- Jonathan Anderson debuted today as Dior's overall creative director with the Spring/Summer 2026 menswear show in Paris.
- His appointment, confirmed at LVMH’s April meeting, follows Dior’s aim to blend historic house codes with new creative vision.
- The collection included collegiate tweeds, pastel knits, references to Dior archives like the Bar jacket, and portraits of Basquiat and Radziwill.
- On the eve of the show, Anderson remarked that achieving this would require immense dedication, comparing it to being like Christ, and anticipated that it would take a series of five collections to disrupt the current pattern before developing a fresh creative vision.
- Anderson’s debut signals Dior’s renewed direction under his leadership of menswear and womenswear amid a luxury market slowdown.
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Jonathan Anderson's Dior debut is the most eagerly awaited show of Paris Men's Fashion Week and it certainly didn't disappoint...Keep on reading: Capes, tailcoats, and cravats: Dior gets its teeth into Dracula chic
Dior presented his new artistic director, Jonathan Anderson, the designer who radically changed to the hundred-year-old Spanish firm Loewe, on Friday 27 June in Men's Fashion Week, and who now has the responsibility to do the same with all the collection lines of the French brand.
Jonathan Anderson’s Dior Men’s Debut Was Part Thesis, Part Rebellion—and Pure Joy
Photo by Estrop/Getty ImagesEven among a stacked schedule of menswear shows, no event at Paris Fashion Week was as anticipated as Jonathan Anderson’s debut at Dior. There were so many questions floating in the ether. What can this first collection tell us about his vision for the luxury fashion brand as a whole? Will he come out of the gate with a new It bag? Did he bring along his friends and muses like Josh O’Connor?It turns out, Anderson did …
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