Jonathan Anderson mixes Austen romance with chic streetware in Dior’s Paris show
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Designer’s latest work takes bold steps away from the fashion house’s brand, creating a show that felt like an event “I want to land on a vibe. ” This was how Dior designer Jonathan Anderson, one year into what is arguably the biggest job in fashion, summed up his assignment before his latest show.
Expounding on chiffon and buttons with the intensity of a barrister delivering a closing speech in the high court, ruffling his hair as if his mind might at any moment explode with ideas, Anderson brings more brainpower to the pursuit of the vibe than the superficial phrasing suggests. The vibe is coming in to land. This Dior show felt like an event, which is the bar Christian Dior set for his successors back in 1947, when his New Look silhouette made front pages all over the world.…
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