Dior ’s menswear show arrived with a stripped-back set and a loud signal of confidence: neon-yellow wigs that read like a flag of authority planted in the Paris runway, after a couple of runway wobbles from their new designer.
In an annex of the Rodin Museum lined with curtain fabric, Jonathan Anderson — the 41-year-old Northern Irish designer celebrated for turning Loewe into one of luxury’s most admired labels and now serving as Dior’s creative director — pared the décor down to near-nothing.
On Wednesday, Anderson’s clothes finally carried the argument.
The stakes were visible in the room: Robert Pattinson, Lewis Hamilton and SZA were among the VIPs packed in close.
Then came the refrain: As one person in the front row put it: “Dior is back. It’s a good day for fashion.”
Why it landed: confidence
This show felt like authority.
Anderson’s Dior, at its weakest, has read like
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