Jonathan Anderson Just Made His Haute Couture Debut at Dior
Florals for Spring? Groundbreaking, when done by Jonathan Anderson.
Florals for Spring are groundbreaking when executed by Jonathan Anderson. The designer just debuted his first-ever Couture collection for Dior, and it’s a breath of fresh air.
Rooted in the natural world, the collection unfolds through floral motifs, organic lines and sculptural handbags, drawing quiet parallels between Haute Couture and nature’s own systems. Both are intricate, ever-evolving and resistant to fixed conclusions. Instead of spectacle for spectacle’s sake, Anderson offers couture as a living ecosystem in a seamless collision of the two worlds.
For his debut, the designer leans into a longstanding fascination with objects marked by time. Fossils, 18th-century textiles and portrait miniatures appear not as precious relics, but as materials meant to be reimagined in a sort of cabinet of curiosities. According to the press release, “the collection is constructed like a wunderkammer.”
In a poetic passing of the creative baton, former Creative Director John Galliano gathered fresh bunches of cyclamen and gifted them to Anderson. These flowers bloom throughout the collection, cut from silks, alongside layered feathers created from shredded chiffon and organza. Moulded handbags make their Haute Couture debut for the brand as sculptural ladybirds and bees, grounding the fantasy in tactile form. This is a welcome reboot to couture at Dior.
Take a look at the collection above, and for more on fashion week, check out our FW26 recap.
