As anticipation builds for Jonathan Anderson’s first assortment at Dior, his gifted new design staff is step by step being revealed. Footwear designer Nina Christen, who beforehand labored with Anderson at Loewe, has formally joined the home as Design Director of Footwear.
Christen, identified for her sculptural and sometimes playful footwear creations, labored carefully with Anderson at Loewe, the place she delivered viral items resembling balloon-wrapped heels and the toy-like Comedian Foam pumps.
She introduced her new function at Dior on Instagram, whereas a latest LinkedIn replace confirms she joined the maison this month.
Her CV reads like a masterclass in luxurious footwear design. A graduate of the Institut Français de la Mode, the Chilean-Swiss designer started her profession at Balenciaga beneath Nicolas Ghesquière earlier than working at Saint Laurent beneath each Stefano Pilati and Hedi Slimane. Christen later joined Phoebe Philo’s Celine, the place she met Daniel Lee, who introduced her to Bottega Veneta after a brief stint at Dries Van Noten. At Bottega, she designed now-iconic kinds together with the Puddle boot and Lido sandal.
After a profitable four-year run at Loewe, the place she labored with Anderson for a 12 months, Christen took up a short place at The Row earlier than launching her namesake label in 2024. From autumn 2025, it will likely be stocked by Selfridges and Dover Avenue Market in London.
Her arrival comes simply weeks after Anderson was named Dior’s eighth couturier, marking a historic artistic shift for the home. His appointment follows the twin departure of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Kim Jones, who previously helmed the ladies’s and males’s traces, respectively.
The strategic transfer goals to streamline Dior’s aesthetic beneath a single artistic imaginative and prescient amid a dip in revenues, from €9.5 billion (£8 billion) in 2023 to €8.7 billion (£7.3 billion) in 2024.
