The Italian designer is moving on after nine years as the artistic lead of Christian Dior Couture women's collections and quadrupling sales for the LVMH-owned brand.

Jonathan Anderson is now the creative director of Dior, the first since Christian Dior to oversee the house’s women’s wear, men’s wear, and couture.

A County Derry designer has been hailed as a “visionary creator” by Dior, as it announced he will be the first sole Creative Director who will work across all the fashion house’s collections collections since its founder Christian Dior.