{"id":97455,"date":"2025-10-01T18:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97455\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:33:11","slug":"diors-jonathan-anderson-presents-first-womenswear-collection-at-paris-fashion-week-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97455\/","title":{"rendered":"Dior\u2019s Jonathan Anderson presents first womenswear collection at Paris fashion week \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Paris fashion week, which generates \u20ac10 billion annually for the French economy, the most highly anticipated show (live streamed to more than 95 million) was the Dior <\/a>debut of Irishman Jonathan Anderson\u2019s<\/a> first womenswear collection. <\/p>\n

Held in a vast white edifice in the Tuileries Gardens, hundreds of spectators gathered around the barriers from early morning and traffic came to halt at Concorde. <\/p>\n

Backstage beforehand, Mr Anderson appeared calm and relaxed and explained that this spring\/summer 2026 collection \u201cwas the tension between two types of women, the dressing up or the dressing down. <\/p>\n

\"ThisThis was Jonathan Anderson’s first major collection for Dior. Photograph: JULIEN DE ROSA\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n

\u201cIt can go from sugary to Dior fantasy … creating structure through twisting and turning. I like playing with tension,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Born in Magherafelt, Co Derry in 1984, he is the eldest son of the former Irish rugby captain and coach Willie Anderson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A gifted communicator, he is known for irreverence, subversion and broad cultural and historical references. <\/p>\n

Having made such a success at Loewe increasing its revenue fivefold, bringing fresh ideas to Dior at a time when luxury brands are suffering in a global market downturn will be a challenge. <\/p>\n

[\u00a0Jonathan Anderson: Fellow fashionistas on the Irishman guiding Dior\u2019s futureOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

In the past decade, Dior sales quadrupled to more than \u20ac10 billion, but sales decreased from \u20ac9.5 billion in 2023 to \u20ac8.7 billion last year, according to HSBC estimates.<\/p>\n

\"ThatThat archive was the starting point of the collection: twisted, folded, pleated and looped garments that resulted in silhouettes that veered from shapely hourglass dresses to hooped or bouffant skirts. Photograph: JULIEN DE ROSA\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n

The show, attended by Brigitte Macron and a host of South Korean pop stars and other celebrities, opened with a film projected on a massive triangular screen over the runway that documented Dior\u2019s history in impressionistic flashbulbs moments. <\/p>\n

That archive was the starting point of the collection in which the devil was in the detail: the twisted, folded, pleated and looped garments that resulted in silhouettes that veered from shapely hourglass dresses to hooped or bouffant skirts. <\/p>\n

Looped silk dresses came in white, blue or black and distortions of the famous Bar jacket of 1947 were presented over stiffened pleats of the same length. A simple coat in bright green stood out as did a layered trench in grey suede. Some others with flap fronts looked overworked.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe hats were playful takes on the tricorn, giving the outfits a certain insouciant swagger. Photograph: by JULIEN DE ROSA\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n

One dress was decorated with fabric hydrangeas, another with tiny roses. Skirts were mini, puffball or full length and the hats, playful takes on the tricorn gave the outfits a certain insouciant swagger. <\/p>\n

It added up to a clever and varied collection with youthful and commercial appeal that drew a standing ovation at the end. <\/p>\n

Whether it will revive Dior\u2019s trading fortunes and keep it relevant for a new generation, only time will tell. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Paris fashion week, which generates \u20ac10 billion annually for the French economy, the most highly anticipated show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[32783,18,117,19,17,31239,11935],"class_list":{"0":"post-97455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dior","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-jonathan-anderson","14":"tag-paris"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}