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Dior I, or Don't I?

Irish-born Loewe designer Jonathan Anderson is said to be going to Christian Dior. What will that mean for the nearly-80-year-old French couture house?

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Jan 14, 2025
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Jonathan Anderson at Loewe.

Last week, fellow Substacker

Amy Odell
, who is the author of Anna: The Biography, and pens the Back Row newsletter, asked me for fashion/luxury predictions for 2025.

The first one I offered was:

Maria Grazia Chiuri will no longer be at Dior by the end of the year.

Over the weekend, I saw the below on Twitter/X:

Yes, this is a rumor that has been bouncing around for some time. I’ve even heard that Anderson is talking openly about it, and is pushing LVMH to let him take over Dior menswear, too. This, naturally, is making Dior Homme’s current designer, the Brit Kim Jones, nervous. Jones has already been relieved of duties at LVMH-owned Fendi. Is his LVMH period coming to an end?

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