The set evoked a museum gallery, with two Jean Siméon Chardin paintings hanging on the walls; the iconic Bar jacket reimagined in Donegal Irish tweed; tailcoats modernized and 18th-century vests paired with pleated cargo Bermuda shorts. For his debut men's show for Dior, held June 27 on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris, Jonathan Anderson infused the Avenue Montaigne house with his own distinctive codes: references spanning multiple eras, a "curatorial" approach, gender fluidity and contemporary poetry.
Taking over from Maria Grazia Chiuri and Kim Jones, he became the first creative director to oversee all of the house's fashion collections (haute couture, ready-to-wear, menswear and womenswear). After 12 years at the helm of Loewe, where he redefined the Spanish label's identity, the British designer reached a new symbolic and institutional milestone.
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