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Dior appoints Jonathan Anderson as sole creative director
Northern Irish designer, 40, becomes first to hold complete creative control of fashion house since Christian Dior
Jonathan Anderson has been announced as the first ever creative director for men’s, women’s and couture collections at Dior, bringing to an end speculation about the luxury brand’s future. But it was Anderson’s eye-catching success at the formerly sleepy Spanish handbag brand Loewe that prompted the billionaire LVMH boss, Bernard Arnault, to reward him with the top prize. The decision to entrust a young designer with complete control is a roll of the dice for Dior, which has tended to play safe since being engulfed in scandal by the departure of John Galliano in 2011.
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