Overview

• Anderson becomes the first person since Christian Dior to oversee women’s, men’s and haute couture collections after his official confirmation on June 2, 2025.
• He succeeds Maria Grazia Chiuri, who stepped down at the end of May following a nine-year tenure leading Dior’s women’s lines.
• He will unveil his first Dior Men Summer 2026 collection on June 27 during Paris Fashion Week and is slated to debut a women’s ready-to-wear line in October 2025.
• As sole creative director, Anderson will manage ten collections annually—including two haute couture shows—while continuing to run his JW Anderson label.
• Bernard Arnault and Delphine Arnault have lauded Anderson’s artistic vision and positioned his appointment as a key step in addressing Dior’s recent sales slowdown.