Harriet Walker

4 days ago | thetimes.com | Harriet Walker

The British designer Jonathan Anderson has long been a favourite among the fashion crowd, but his new job as creative director at Christian Dior means he will be deciding the wider world’s wardrobes too, even if you can’t afford the real thing. His appointment yesterday was no surprise to many on the front row — the 40-year-old’s rumoured tenure at Paris’s most prestigious label has been the subject of insider and internet gossip for a year or more.

5 days ago | thetimes.com | Harriet Walker

The Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson has been named creative director at the Paris fashion house Christian Dior. The announcement came early on Monday morning, after almost a year of industry speculation that he would land one of fashion’s biggest roles. He will be the first designer since the label’s founder to oversee both the women’s and men’s lines at Dior.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Harriet Walker

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Harriet Walker

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Harriet Walker

You might think a summer gathering of fashion editors would be a flamboyant affair but, on a sunny trip last week with industry colleagues, I was struck by how boring we all looked. How boring and how ineffably chic, I should add. Because for those of us working and dressing at style's constantly evolving cutting edge (it's a tough job, but someone has to do it), "boring" isn't an insult - it's the highest praise.