Farewell to the dior

« After nine years, I leave the Dior House, grateful for the extraordinary opportunity that was given to me, » said the creative director of the Women’s Line of French Fashion House Dior, a 61-year-old Italian fashion designer Maria Grazia Chiuri. Its last collection Cruise 2026 For this brand from the portfolio of the luxury LVMH Empire, she presented at the beginning of the expiring week at the Ville Albanian Torlonia gardens in Rome.

Speculations around the future of Chiuri appeared at the last Paris Fashion Week of March at the presentation of the Autumn/Winter 2025 collection in the Tuileries Gardens, and it could be succeeded by the northern Irish fashion designer Jonathan Andersonwho left the smaller Lowe (also LVMH) last month and was named creative director Dior Men. This would make Dior’s first artistic leader leading both the male and female line. Already in June he will present his first men’s collection for Dior.

Chiurijeva worked for Fendi after her education at Eropeo di Design in the 90s, and in 1999 she joined Valentine, where they were Se Pierpaolo Piccioli became creative storms. In 2016, she was chosen as a successor Raf Simons At Dior. With this, she became the first woman in this position at this fashion house. Since its acquisition, Dior has flourished and became the second largest brand owned by LVMH, the French news agency reported AFP.

Chief Executive Director Delphine Arnault has praised a huge work with an inspiring feminist position and exceptional creativity by Marie Grazie Chiuri. In the photo, her latest collection Cruise 2026. Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

Some observers believe that Dior, who as the chief executive for the last year and a half, is led by the owner’s daughter Delphine Arnaultit is becoming outdated. But the latter praised the huge work with the inspiring feminist position and the extraordinary creativity of Marie Grazie Chiuri. This one is in February’s conversation for a magazine Grazia said that the fashion business is changing a lot.

“Sometimes fashion was associated with family businesses and there was a small audience – customers and customers. Now fashion is like a channel and something more popular. It’s like pop, the form of the medium, ”she said. The global results of LVMH in the first quarter were worse than expected, as sales decreased by two percent due Donald Trump.