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Jonathan Anderson

Creative Director, Dior & Founder, JW Anderson

The British designer has made waves with his gender-bending work for his eponymous label and was named creative director of Dior in 2025.

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Luxury

Inside J.W. Anderson’s ‘Disobedient Bodies’

J.W. Anderson spent two years working with The Hepworth Wakefield on 'Disobedient Bodies.' Here, he tells Tim Blanks about 'crossing lines of creativity' and how today's political climate has lent an unwitting timeliness to the exhibition.

Luxury

Inside J.W. Anderson’s ‘Disobedient Bodies’

J.W. Anderson spent two years working with The Hepworth Wakefield on 'Disobedient Bodies.' Here, he tells Tim Blanks about 'crossing lines of creativity' and how today's political climate has lent an unwitting timeliness to the exhibition.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2017

At the end of a highly politicised fashion month, which included casting controversies, pussy power and a space ship, BoF brings you the Top 10 shows of Autumn/Winter 2017.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2017

At the end of a highly politicised fashion month, which included casting controversies, pussy power and a space ship, BoF brings you the Top 10 shows of Autumn/Winter 2017.


Fashion Week

Acne Studios’ Winning Simplicity

Jonny Johansson got rid of both avant-garde pretence and overtly unnecessary styling to deliver a focused, winning line-up.

Fashion Week

Acne Studios’ Winning Simplicity

Jonny Johansson got rid of both avant-garde pretence and overtly unnecessary styling to deliver a focused, winning line-up.


Fashion Week

Intangible Oddness at Loewe

There was an acutely cut precision, but Jonathan Anderson's collection missed the antic charm of the men’s presentation in January.

Fashion Week

Intangible Oddness at Loewe

There was an acutely cut precision, but Jonathan Anderson's collection missed the antic charm of the men’s presentation in January.


News & Analysis

News Bites | Shortlist for 2017 LVMH Prize Unveiled

In today's News Bites, meet the designers shortlisted for the LVMH Prize, including Molly Goddard, Charles Jeffrey and Maggie Marilyn.

News & Analysis

News Bites | Shortlist for 2017 LVMH Prize Unveiled

In today's News Bites, meet the designers shortlisted for the LVMH Prize, including Molly Goddard, Charles Jeffrey and Maggie Marilyn.


Fashion Week

A Riot of Colour at Peter Pilotto

Where de Vos and Pilotto hit the mark was in creating interesting texture, which may translate well into simpler pieces.

Fashion Week

A Riot of Colour at Peter Pilotto

Where de Vos and Pilotto hit the mark was in creating interesting texture, which may translate well into simpler pieces.


News & Analysis

Tim's Take | J.W. Anderson Autumn/Winter 2017

Tim Blanks talks to J.W. Anderson to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.

News & Analysis

Tim's Take | J.W. Anderson Autumn/Winter 2017

Tim Blanks talks to J.W. Anderson to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.


Fashion Week

J.W. Anderson’s Style Odyssey

“Ease and coolness,” said Jonathan Anderson of his collection, “It’s more digestible. I wasn’t trying to provoke myself.”

Fashion Week

J.W. Anderson’s Style Odyssey

“Ease and coolness,” said Jonathan Anderson of his collection, “It’s more digestible. I wasn’t trying to provoke myself.”


Fashion Week

Post-Industrial Fashion at Loewe

The men’s collection Jonathan Anderson presented at Loewe looked like the detritus of a world fallen apart, reconstituted with a humanistic faith in the transformative power of the human hand. How uplifting is that?

Fashion Week

Post-Industrial Fashion at Loewe

The men’s collection Jonathan Anderson presented at Loewe looked like the detritus of a world fallen apart, reconstituted with a humanistic faith in the transformative power of the human hand. How uplifting is that?


Fashion Week

Quintessential J.W. Anderson: Perversely Playful

In another age, Jonathan Anderson would probably have been an artist, a Surrealist, maybe even a Dadaist. Senseless, but striking. And that’s how Anderson’s menswear went. ‎

Fashion Week

Quintessential J.W. Anderson: Perversely Playful

In another age, Jonathan Anderson would probably have been an artist, a Surrealist, maybe even a Dadaist. Senseless, but striking. And that’s how Anderson’s menswear went. ‎


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