Jonathan Anderson to Host Debut of Dior Cruise Show in Los Angeles on May 13

Jonathan Anderson has chosen Los Angeles as the venue for his first cruise show for the house of Dior. The show will take place in Los Angeles on May 13, the house confirmed to FashionNetwork.com on Monday. However, the exact location has not yet been revealed so far.

News of the decision comes just after Dior opened a major new flagship on Rodeo Drive, California's main luxury shopping thoroughfare. It was designed by American architect Peter Marino, the main creator of prestigious boutiques for LVMH, the giant French luxury group that owns Dior.

The Dior show will be presented a week before the next show by Louis Vuitton, another LVMH brand, which will present its next cruise show in New York on May 20. New York is also the site of Chanel's upcoming Métiers d'Art show on December 2. Which means the triumvirate of France's three biggest runway brands are heading to the US for their upcoming global shows, suggesting renewed faith by French executives in the American market and consumers of quality products.

Anderson's predecessor, Maria Grazia Chiuri, also chose California for her debut cruise show in 2017, presenting a Western-inspired collection in a ranch-style setting in Calabasas, a mountainous district north of Los Angeles.

Northern Irish designer Anderson's predecessor in Dior menswear, Kim Jones, presented a resort collection in Venice Beach in 2023. Like many of Jones' collections, it featured a tie-up with another talent, in this case Eli Russell Linnetz.

As noted, Anderson was named creative director of Dior in March 2025, overseeing womenswear, menswear and haute couture and becoming the first designer since founder Christian Dior to design all three divisions.