At Les Invalides, Jonathan Anderson debuts his first menswear collection Spring Summer 2026 during Paris Fashion Week. Special guests at the show Robert Pattinson, Daniel Craig, Louis Garrel, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.

At Paris Fashion Week, Jonathan Anderson&rsquo;s first show for Dior is not just the most anticipated debut of the season: it is the beginning of a new era. To those who expected a revolution, Anderson responds with something more sophisticated, a subtle but radical redefinition of the house&rsquo;s codes, which takes shape between sculptural tailoring constructions and layering of cultural references.
The first images that appeared on social media before the show had already given a taste of the visual vocabulary of the new creative director: unpublished photographs by <a href="https://www.lofficielitalia.com/arte/andy-warhol-mostra-puglia-alberobello-quando" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andy Warhol</a>, evocations of the breezy elegance and attitude of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lee Radziwill. But also literary references, from the gothic of Dracula to the refined libertinism of Dangerous Liaisons , which become patterns and inspirations for new Dior Book Tote, already potential bags of desire.

“At the beginning of this journey, I kept coming back to these photographs of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lee Radziwill, who for me are both the epitome of style.” Jonathan Anderson

Jonathan Anderson's Dior Spring Summer 2026 men's show (Getty Images)

A masculinity with French rigour and preppy accents

The men's spring summer 2026 collection show opens with a blazer constructed with sculptural rigour and wide trousers designed for layering, almost theatrical in their presence. The jackets lengthen, evoking the tailcoat, the coats fold and open with accordion pleats that follow the movements of the body, Napoleonic jackets, while the checked vests seem to come from a nineteenth-century wardrobe reinvented for today. In <a href="https://www.lofficielitalia.com/fashion-week/dior-sfilata-estate-2026-jonathan-anderson-live-streaming-diretta-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Anderson's debut</a>, there is knitwear, there are short boleros, but nothing is truly casual. Every choice is measured with surgical precision.
The colour palette crosses <a href="https://www.lofficielitalia.com/uomo/tendenza-moda-uomo-primavera-2024-stile-preppy-genz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elite prep schools</a>: mint green, candy pink, geranium, immersed in the classic neutrals of the formal wardrobe &mdash; black, gray, beige and light blue. The result is an unconventional elegance: refined but never complacent, decisive but never stiff. Accessories are a language apart that amplify the narrative of the new Dior era: ties &agrave; la R&eacute;gence, scarves that float like remnants of an eighteenth-century elegance, bow ties that give a preppy touch without childishness.

Casual but distinguished, elegant but relaxed, occasion-appropriate but with a twist, bold but with research. This is exactly what we expected from Anderson's debut. A perfect union between the esprit couture of <a href="https://www.lofficielitalia.com/moda/dior-storia-tarocchi-curiosita-su-christian-dior-superstizioso" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monsieur Christian Dior</a> with his taste for surprising details. His debut is convincing because it doesn't force the hand. There is no desire to amaze at all costs, but the (successful) will define a new course for Dior, where romanticism is not nostalgia, but structure. A standing ovation result.

Guests and celebrities at the Dior men&#39;s fashion show

At Jonathan Anderson's first show for Dior, the atmosphere was electric even before the show began. To confirm the exceptional nature of the moment, an audience of exceptional guests took their places in the front rows, best representing the dialogue between art, cinema, music and fashion that the new creative director seems to want to explore from the very beginning. At the forefront, the iconic faces of the maison: are Kylian Mbapp&eacute; and Robert Pattinson, alongside Daniel Craig, Luca Guadagnino, Louis Garrel, Josh O'Connor and Drew Starkey, among others. The presence of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky added a magnetic touch of star power, while the arrival of the couple Roger Federer and his wife Mirka sealed a discreet elegance. The world of music and cinema also had their most contemporary representatives, from Felix Mallard to Oliver Sim, from Ethel Cain to Sabrina Carpenter. But it was the silent and significant presence of designers such as Pharrell Williams, Pierpaolo Piccioli, and Donatella Versace that gave a measure of the respect and curiosity that Anderson's debut.

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