See the details we loved from Jonathan Anderson’s debut at Dior …
For his inaugural collection for Dior, Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson took Paris by storm, showcasing a collection of 60 multi-faceted looks which reimagined the house’s design codes, riffing on references to Brideshead Revisited, creating a ‘guy gang’ that was Sorbonne-meets-Jean-Luc-Godard, all set to a soundtrack of Bruce Springsteen. But what about the clothes? While, undoubtedly, the fashion world will be digesting Anderson’s debut for a while (or, at least, until his next show in the autumn), in the meantime these are five styling tricks we’ll be stealing for our own wardrobes.
White Jeans And Fisherman Sandals
At the summer 2026 show, white jeans were teamed with a Rococo-detail white shirt with brass buttons that nodded to military styling, paired with traditional Irish fisherman sandals. The effect was more rock and roll meets haute hippie: think George Harrison in India (a summer muse we can totally get on board with).
Period Pieces Meet Denim
“I loved the mix of 18th century, historical-inspired clothing mixed with workwear,” says THE GLOSS Style Editor Aislinn Coffey. “It’s all about the high mixed with the low.”
Slippers As Shoes …
… but not quite. One of the key footwear moments in the show – alongside Vans-esque canvas trainers embroidered with four leaf clovers – was easy slip-ons in butter-soft suede replete with the Dior logo (the font of which has been changed by Anderson, reverting back to the brand’s original typeface used by Dior himself). Very louche, very decadent. We can see these being worn by the style set with jeans and oversized jumpers.
Bowties Are Back
There’s a lot going on in this look – tuxedo details and socks with sandals! – but the most noteworthy thing, according to Coffey, were the bowties. “The bowties looped around the neck and knotted are cool,” she says, suggesting we might see a micro-trend for bowties as an offbeat finishing touch. “The fact that they were teamed with a Bar jacket in Donegal tweed with culottes that were a take on the New Look skirt was the ultimate finish,” she says. Other tailoring references included ties in striking stripes – a pleasing contrast to crisp, blue shirting, while traditional cufflinks were reworked with ladybird motifs: one of many ways which Anderson played with tradition and incorporated nature into the show.
Cool Keyrings
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Farewell Labubu, we’re hedging our bets that by the time autumn rolls around playful keychains that nod to the cute and cuddly will be replaced by sophisticated options. At Dior, the keychains nodded to a seamstress’ kit, riffing on measuring tapes, safety pins and spools of thread. A novel way to pledge your allegiance to fashion.
