Jonathan Anderson explores a 'new aristocracy' in Dior menswear show at Musée Rodin

Jonathan Anderson staged his second menswear show for Dior at the Musée Rodin in Paris, where guests including Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth and Lewis Hamilton passed Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker on their way to seats on Wednesday afternoon. Speaking backstage before the show, Anderson—dressed in faded Levi’s and a navy cashmere sweater—described the collection as "another character study", saying he set out to explore "the idea of a new aristocracy", questioning "what it means today" and wanting to "ignore the aspect of money" in favour of "their eccentricity".

The opening trio of models wore sequin camisole tops, skinny jeans and snakeskin boots, and every model wore an obviously synthetic wig, either scruffy and faded or in bright canary yellow. Anderson said the idea began on a stroll down Avenue Montaigne after spotting a mosaic dedicated to Paul Poiret, whose theatrical, corset‑abolishing approach he wanted to play with alongside references to prewar and 1960s cuts.

He described the result as "punk-iness meets Poiret", and pointed to details such as bar jackets cropped above the hip, suiting that "slightly fucking with the proportions of" earlier eras, roomy parkas with Poiret‑esque sleeves and looks informed by the musician MK Gee and the film Withnail and I.

Anderson, who in June 2025 became the first solo creative director of menswear and womenswear at Dior since the house’s founder, said he works by "collaging things together".

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