Jonathan Anderson is the new artistic director of Dior Men, and Kim Jones’ successor. The Northern Irish designer, who left the helm of Loewe after eleven years of tenure last month, will present his first collection during Paris Fashion Week in June.
Bernard Arnault, the chairman and chief executive officer of the French luxury giant, announced the news at the LVMH annual shareholders meeting, responding to a question from a shareholder about who would succeed Jones.
No further details were provided by LVMH executives, despite widespread speculation that Anderson could also take over Dior's womenswear division, currently led by Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, who has helmed the brand’s womenswear collections since 2016, and she just presented the fall 2025 collection in Kyoto.
Anderson was appointed creative director of LVMH-owned Loewe in September 2013, and he created his namesake brand JW Anderson in 2008, in which LVMH took a minority stake in 2013. Under his tenure, Loewe has become the hottest global luxury brand, helping to increase the Loewe business. Loewe’s sales went from approximately €230 million in 2014 to between €1.5 billion and €2 billion in 2024. Anderson announced that he leaves Loewe in March. He was replaced at the Spanish house by Proenza Schouler founders Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez.
