It’s official: Jonathan Anderson has left his put up at Loewe to take the reins at Dior Males, succeeding Kim Jones. After months of hypothesis and high-profile departures, together with Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s latest appointments at Loewe, the style world now has its reply.
On the LVMH annual shareholders assembly, CEO Bernard Arnault, confirmed that the Irish designer will current his first assortment for Dior Males throughout Paris Vogue Week in June. Nevertheless, whereas the announcement focuses on Anderson’s position at Dior Males, the query of whether or not he will even take over Dior Ladies, presently helmed by Maria Grazia Chiuri, stays unanswered.
Identified for his modern and gender-defying designs, Anderson, who based his eponymous label JW Anderson in 2008, has constructed a fame for creating whimsical but refined collections. The truth is, in 2023, he was topped Designer of the 12 months at The Vogue Awards.
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The designer’s tenure at Loewe elevated the Spanish home to new heights, along with his collaboration with LVMH considerably elevating the model’s profile. Beneath his artistic route, Loewe’s puzzle baggage and logo-adorned vests turned covetable worldwide, with the model topping Lyst’s world index.
In March, Anderson introduced his departure from the storied home, taking to Instagram writing: “Eleven years in the past, I used to be given essentially the most unimaginable alternative: to put in writing a chapter in a narrative that’s now 179 years previous… Over the past eleven years, I’ve been fortunate sufficient to be surrounded by folks with the creativeness, the talents, tenacity and resourcefulness to discover a technique to say ‘sure’ to all my wildly formidable concepts.
“…They are saying all good issues should to come back to an finish, however I disagree. Whereas my very own chapter attracts to a detailed, Loewe’s story will proceed for a few years to come back and I’ll look on with delight.”
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Anderson succeeds Kim Jones at Dior Homme, whose ultimate present for Dior Homme in January noticed him obtain not solely infinite reward but in addition France’s highest distinction, the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.
On the time, Delphine Arnault, Chairman and CEO of Dior, mentioned in an announcement: “I’m extraordinarily grateful for the exceptional work accomplished by Kim Jones, his studio, and the ateliers. With all his expertise and creativity, he has consistently reinterpreted the home’s heritage with real freedom of tone and stunning, extremely fascinating inventive collaborations.”
Now that Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez are tasked with holding the momentum up at Loewe, Anderson is heading for stardom, taking over rival Chanel and its newly appointed Chief Matthieu Blazy at Dior.
