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LVMH confirms new leadership for Givenchy and Christian Dior Couture

Luxury group LVMH officially announced major leadership changes at two of its flagship houses on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Amandine Ohayon has been appointed CEO of Givenchy, while Alessandro Valenti becomes the deputy managing director of retail at Christian Dior Couture. According to a statement from the group, these appointments will take...

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Dior CEO Delphine Arnault “very optimistic” for future

Dior's chief executive officer, Delphine Arnault, stated she is “very optimistic” about the future of the luxury house. It is one of the most prestigious brands within the world's number one luxury group, LVMH. She shared her outlook in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche dated October 26. “I am very optimistic about the future,” stated...

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Standing ovation for Jonathan Anderson's debut womenswear show for Dior

The Dior spring/summer 2026 show on Wednesday was one of the most anticipated of Paris Fashion Week. It marked the debut collection from Jonathan Anderson at the helm of the prestigious luxury house. Those watching the show live on social media or on the brand's website could witness fittings with 070 Shake, Camille Cottin and Jennifer Lawrence....

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Jonathan Anderson set for his first Dior womenswear collection in Paris

Paris - Designer Jonathan Anderson presents his first womenswear collection for Dior this Wednesday. It is one of the most anticipated shows of Paris Fashion Week, where he will unveil his designs for the legendary French house. Following his debut menswear collection in June, Anderson's womenswear premiere is one of the most highly anticipated...

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Dior's artistic director Jonathan Anderson changes the brand's font

The brand returns to its origins with a new font, Cochin, featuring a capital 'D' followed by 'ior' in lowercase. In 1946, Christian Dior chose the Cochin font, named after the 18th-century French engraver Charles-Nicolas Cochin. Since 2016, under artistic direction of Maria Grazia Chiuri, the brand has used a Serif font in all capital letters....

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Belgian talent Igor Dieryck joins Dior

Belgian talent Igor Dieryck has joined fashion house Dior. He will hold the position of menswear designer under Jonathan Anderson, according to LinkedIn. Dieryck has won several awards. After graduating in 2022, he won the UAntwerpen x Flanders DC Award. In 2023, he won three awards at the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and...

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Dior strengthens management team and appoints ready-to-wear expert to support Jonathan Anderson

Michela Kalb, former womenswear ready-to-wear director at Louis Vuitton, is taking the helm of haute couture, womenswear and menswear ready-to-wear, womenswear footwear and baby products at Dior. This appointment, reported by WWD, will take effect from 1 October. Kalb, who was womenswear ready-to-wear director at Christian Dior Couture from 2006...

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Classic luxury and streetwear cross paths in Paris with Anderson, Mihara Yasuhiro and Chavarria

Paris - Dior is set to present its new artistic director, Jonathan Anderson, at Paris Fashion Week Men’s this Friday. Anderson, the designer who radically changed the century-old Spanish firm Loewe, now has the responsibility of doing the same with all of the French brand's collection lines. Since Christian Dior founded the powerful brand in...

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New reading material: Fashion books for the 2023 wish list

Every year a slew of great fashion books come out. Whether it be biographies, a deep dive into an aspect of the industry or an overview of a fashion house - there is plenty to choose from. In case your wish list for the holidays is still very empty, or you are simply looking for a book to give to yourself as a gift, FashionUnited has collected...

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Dior's longest-running designer Marc Bohan dies at 97

Fashion designer Marc Bohan, who was artistic director of Dior for an unprecedented three decades, has died, the luxury brand said Friday. Bohan, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 97, was one of the quieter members of the fashion fraternity, in stark contrast to successors like John Galliano. But he was a master of the trade who managed...

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Dior presents a combination of "beauty and protection" in Paris

Dior's show at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday struck a sombre tone, with designer Maria Grazia Chiuri telling AFP her focus on combining "beauty and protection" was apt for a time of war. The collection was put together long before the Russian military began bombarding Ukraine last week. But with Dior's models sporting a range of protective gear...

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Kim Jones presents Dior menswear FW22 with Covid frustration

Kim Jones may be borrowing from Dior's most iconic female looks for his latest menswear collection but that doesn't mean he believes gender boundaries are ready to disappear yet. "We live in cities and they are incredibly open, but go outside and it's not the same," Jones told AFP at his studio in Paris. "There are 40 countries in the world...