With a party-charged Spring/Summer 2027 collection, no one is having more fun than Jonathan Anderson at Paris Fashion Week.
For some, luxury means wellness retreats, early bed times, and juice cleanses. But not at Dior’s Spring/Summer 2027 show. Here, Creative Director Anderson takes his aristo-youth on a big night out that goes beyond the club and into the after party.
Opening the show, the first model wrapped in a sheer pinstriped double-breasted jacket connected to the aux, playing a custom mix by Fred Again, featuring Young Thug, Christine And The Queens and Latin Mafia, amongst others. Sampling and remixing underpin this collection, and with that, Dior’s character is refreshed. Backdropped by the historic Musée Nissim de Camondo (a museum dedicated to French decorative art from the latter half of the 18th century), Anderson – who transformed a 1948 Delft dress into cargo shorts and a Caprice dress from the same year into vibey, folded-panel denim – once again plays with Dior’s extensive legacy.
Distressed knitwear teases later pieces in the collection, with a slouchy fit, fringe and glittery threads, styled with frayed denim cutoffs and suede loafers. It’s another adaptation of indie sleaze – the gritty, party-centric Y2K style being revisited in high luxury today. Tops ranged from a graphic flower design, a chunky orange jumper was accessorised with a silver rosette, and denim subbed out cotton threads in ripped jeans for garlands of ultra-fine silver chains (carried over from Dior’s Cruise 2027 collection shown in Los Angeles in May). Next up came the glitz. Gold and silver sequinned trousers, and later, a full black sequined coat with white fawn-print polka dots felt very Saltburn–meets-business-casual. And crystal pavé sunglasses and so-called disco ball boots, teased by the event’s invitation, doubled down on that vibe
Across the SS27 men’s shows, clothes have been pulsing with a heady, real-life sensibility. Our Legacy tapped into London’s fertile subcultural history, collaborating with Fred Perry on washed-out polos and dropping a cassette tape walkthrough of the collection with DJ and filmmaker Don Letts. At Willy Chavarria, we saw a vision of joy and togetherness, seen in sexy, party-ready, cigs-to-hand looks. Anderson takes this sentiment and dials it up within Dior’s big-dog, luxury standing. Last season, he envisioned a gang of youngsters roaming Avenue Montaigne, amping up their style with what they discovered. Now, these kids have cemented their style with these new additions. They’re fancy but not precious about what they wear and how they wear it. And they’re having their afters in fancy Parisian spots – now that’s luxury.
