Dior announced on Monday the appointment of Jonathan Anderson as artistic director of Collections of Women’s Couture, Man and Haute Couture. “For the first time in Christian Dior Couture, since Mr. Dior, an artistic director, will work in all haute couture collections for women, man and haute couture, which will even more strengthen his global creative vision,” said the prestigious LVMH fashion mark in a statement. Jonathan Anderson will present in Paris on June 27, his first collection, Dior Homme Summer 2026, Dior added.
At 40, it was until March the director of the creation of Loewe, who also belonged to LVMH and the one that had joined in 2013, before being appointed in April to the post of artistic director of Dior Homme, replacing Kim Jones. Dior announced on Thursday the departure of Maria Grazia Chiuri of her position as director of the creation of the collections of high -cost accessories and accessories of women. Appointed in 2016, she was the first woman to take the artistic direction of the brand.
He returned to Loewe’s coat of arms
Originally from Northern Ireland, Jonathan Anderson is part of a new generation of renowned creators who reach some of the largest fashion brands in the world, as part of a great reorganization in the industry, which fights with one of its low growth for years due to the gloom of the Chinese market and the increase in prices.
We attribute to Jonathan Anderson he deserves to have won Loewe’s arms shield during his mandate within the Spanish brand, where he seduced critics thanks to his original and eccentric creations. Within the Luxury Ready-To-Wear brand, there was a base of faithful fans, attracting an eclectic mixture of international artists in the annual competition of Loewe’s crafts, and also dressed the actor Daniel Craig, who repeatedly embodied the character of James Bond in the cinema.
Source: BFM TV
