It’s official — Jonathan Anderson has been introduced as Kim Jones‘ successor at Dior Males. The information of his subsequent trend function was introduced by Bernard Arnault at LVMH‘s annual shareholders assembly.
WWD reported that the chairman and CEO of the French luxurious conglomerate was responding to a shareholder’s query concerning who will probably be succeeding Jones at Dior. Jones resigned from his function this January, ending his seven-year tenure on the model. Arnault’s affirmation marks the primary time LVMH has spoken about Anderson’s function after he stepped down from Loewe. Ending months of hypothesis, the announcement confirms what business insiders have been listening to for a number of seasons. Arnault didn’t elaborate additional on Anderson’s function at Dior and whether or not or not he will probably be taking up the womenswear division from Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri — additionally, one other speculative rumor throughout the business.
Arnault additionally shouted out different LVMH designers together with Sarah Burton at Givenchy, Michael Rider at Celine, and Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCullough for Loewe. He talked about Chiuri’s pre-fall 2025 assortment which was simply proven in Kyoto, in addition to Nicolas Ghesquière and Pharrell Williams for Louis Vuitton, plus praised Victoire de Castellane, Dior’s longtime designer of high quality jewellery collections.
Anderson’s first menswear assortment is anticipated to reach this menswear trend week in Paris on June 27.
