Jonathan Anderson - Designer, Creative Director of J.W. Anderson & Dior Men

[Avonlea]

Roseberry, Blazy, Burton, Simons, Bellotti, Rousteing, Nicolas Di Felice, Vaccarello, Haider, McGirr are currently working and none of them has created an it bag. I don't count independent names.

 

[Grets]

He was able to keep up the Loewe buzz with kooky meme-worthy designs. But the best sellers were the puzzle bag, the logo'd white tanks, denim with the knee logos, logo'd basket bags and the inflated sunglasses. Sure there were viral moments with balloon shoes but what got the brand to a billion were those products.
If anything, his greatest contribution was vacay-wear for rich people (mostly status-seeking Karens) that want to look artsy/cultured. See White Lotus.

 

[youthinasia]

He was able to keep up the Loewe buzz with kooky meme-worthy designs. But the best sellers were the puzzle bag, the logo'd white tanks, denim with the knee logos, logo'd basket bags and the inflated sunglasses. Sure there were viral moments with balloon shoes but what got the brand to a billion were those products.
If anything, his greatest contribution was vacay-wear for rich people (mostly status-seeking Karens) that want to look artsy/cultured. See White Lotus.

Oh naur! White Lotus is mostly Australian designers:
Vogue Article: All the Australian brands we’ve spotted on ‘The White Lotus’

 

[vogue28]

No official announcement yet, but Jonathan will design the next Dior Mens collection in June:

 

[Salvatore]

Finally some movement !

 

[vogue28]

Apparently now it’s official:

 

[Creative]

Wish he could debut with a womenswear collection but happy they finally announced him. Can’t wait to see what he does 🤩

 

[90sfan]

Jonathan’s bosses are really making a circus out of this… and so disrespectful towards Jonathan. Guess they try to make him feel small.. so sad.
We are all so happy for you Jonny! And especially happy that Kim Jones and his two faced stylists Melanie Ward and Alistair Mackie are outta there AND fendi! Hallelujah!

 

[fashionmarketeditor]

Such an underwhelming announcement. Bernard only confirmed it because a shareholder asked him during a meeting? lol

 

[Lola701]

I love how « random » the announcement was. I mean, it’s the worst kept secret of the industry and the man has been working there already.

They did not bother doing a press release probably because they are waiting for MCG to leave in order to properly appoint him as the global creative director of Dior (or whatever terms they will find to name it).

I wonder if he has done his official portrait yet.

 

[BalkaniStaCouture]

So glad that MGC is going nowhere! Yasss!

Buy all the saddle bags while you can otherwise it will be puzzle mess! Haha!

 

[Lola701]

Such an underwhelming announcement. Bernard only confirmed it because a shareholder asked him during a meeting? lol

The Assemblée Générale happened today. So he probably announced it to have them set on the situation at Dior and Loewe. And as the entire family is generally there, he didn’t spoke as « randomly ».
I miss the live and it’s only going to be viewable on Friday.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

yes, except for a very small minority; specifically, the japanese masters like yohji and rei, who built their successes off of pure ingenuity in fashion design. the same could be said for others like theyskens and galliano. although, in their case, i suppose both are technically no longer working at the moment? or at the very least only show sporadically.

They have ingenuity, yes, and they don’t rely on handbags BUT Yohji and Rei have a myriad of diffusions as their money makers.

 

[Marc10]

I’m starting to think there’s something troublesome going on with MGC’s departure/Jonathan’s arrival that is hampering the proper announcements. This is so unlike LMHV to just throw what would be their biggest news of the year so casually in a shareholder meeting.

 

[PDFSD]

I love how « random » the announcement was. I mean, it’s the worst kept secret of the industry and the man has been working there already.

They did not bother doing a press release probably because they are waiting for MCG to leave in order to properly appoint him as the global creative director of Dior (or whatever terms they will find to name it).

I wonder if he has done his official portrait yet.

for legal reasons randomness can be orchestrated easily :-)

the womens wear announcement will be more officiel style

its not how they wanted it to come out ......as they did not except MCG to make issues around the announcement

 

[PDFSD]

So glad that MGC is going nowhere! Yasss!

Buy all the saddle bags while you can otherwise it will be puzzle mess! Haha!

you will cry soon than :-)

 

[90sfan]

I’m starting to think there’s something troublesome going on with MGC’s departure/Jonathan’s arrival that is hampering the proper announcements. This is so unlike LMHV to just throw what would be their biggest news of the year so casually in a shareholder meeting.

And you’re very very right… but can’t disclose kore that this 🫢🤭🫣🤭🫢

 

[fashionmarketeditor]

Interesting how the press release doesn’t mention a JOB TITLE, only that Jonathan is working on the next men’s collection. This would indicate that they’re saving the official announcement of his joint men’s and women’s role AFTER MGC’s last show.

 

[BalkaniStaCouture]

you will cry soon than :-)

I know that from the curtains guy I won’t be buying anything!

 

[proseccotabis]

SO….
JW will be in Dior W + M AND in JWA? How will he physically manage?? Cray….