WINNING TRIO: For Michael Rider’s debut collection at Celine, the French brand shut down the street in front of its headquarters. While editors negotiated the security checkpoint, Kim Taehyung, aka V of K-pop band BTS, sailed up on a bicycle for his first official event since completing military service last month. Having arrived early, he…
Men’s Fashion Week returns to Paris on Tuesday with heightened anticipation as Jonathan Anderson shows his first creations for Dior and Saint Laurent rejoins the official calendar. Following a flurry of artistic director changes, the spring-summer 2026 menswear season reflects the industry’s instability: Milan scaled back its programme and London pulled out entirely. But Paris…
This past year has been a never-ending game of creative director musical chairs that had us all tossing bets into hats and wondering which talent would end up where. But with the recent confirmation that Pierpaolo Piccioli will succeed Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga and Jonathan Anderson will take over for Maria Grazia Chiuri at Dior,…
Though the whispers had been circling for months, the fashion world is a-buzz over Monday’s confirmation that Jonathan Anderson, the Irish-born designer known for his cerebral yet often playful approach, will officially succeed Maria Grazia Chiuri as the new creative director of Dior across all categories. He’s spent the past 11 years transforming the Spanish…
In a move that’s set the fashion world abuzz, Dior has handed the keys to its legendary atelier to none other than Jonathan Anderson, the Northern Irish designer celebrated for his boundary-pushing vision and fearless creativity. At just 40, Anderson steps into the role of creative director for both womenswear, menswear, haute couture, and accessories,…
Can Anderson recreate the same magic at Dior? After years of tremendous growth — revenue went from €2.2 billion in 2017 to €9.5 billion in 2023, according to HSBC estimates — Dior has been hit by the luxury downturn and global turmoil. Sales decreased to €8.7 billion in 2024, per HSBC. In the first quarter,…
In a widely expected appointment at one of France’s biggest and most storied fashion houses, Jonathan Anderson has been named Dior’s creative director of women’s, men’s and haute couture collections. The Northern Irish designer, 40, becomes Dior’s eighth couturier, and is to show his first women’s ready-to-wear collection during Paris Fashion Week in October, following…
PARIS — Maria Grazia Chiuri is stepping down as artistic director of women’s collections at Dior, where she oversaw a golden age of growth thanks to a mix of commercially successful product and feminist-driven storytelling. Her departure after nine years at the helm opens the door for the brand’s next chapter under Jonathan Anderson, who…
Luxury fashion labels are increasingly reaching beyond the red carpets and exclusive parties of the cinema world, becoming partners with filmmakers and production companies. At the Cannes Film Festival this year, which starts on May 13, labels will be looking to showcase not only their outfits, but also their credibility as investors. Alongside corporate heavyweights…
Fashion’s great game of musical chairs is not only shortening the tenure of creative directors, it has temporarily sidelined some of the industry’s most famous and accomplished talents. Chalk it up to fashion’s relentless hunger for newness, its long-standing obsession with youth — plus a new appreciation for internal mobility, observers say. “The necessity of…