Just days before his Dior debut, Jonathan Anderson gives a first glimpse, through none other than Kylian Mbappé. Here’s what we’ve seen.
Jonathan Anderson is keeping things tight ahead of his first menswear show for Dior, but there’s one thing he’s chosen to share: Kylian Mbappé. In two short videos posted ahead of the spring 2026 show, the Real Madrid forward is seen wearing early looks from the collection, both classic, both giving little away.
The first is a tailored mix: a blue-and-white striped shirt and red-and-navy tie under a grey herringbone jacket. In the second, Mbappé’s in a black tuxedo, the bow tie undone, shirt crisp, collar open. There’s Schubert in the background, the “Unfinished Symphony.” It’s all deliberately ambiguous, elegant but not revealing too much.
Anderson, who has long preferred the unexpected when it comes to casting, calls Mbappé “the voice of a generation.” It makes sense. At 25, the World Cup winner is one of fashion’s most valuable faces and has been a Dior ambassador since 2021. That LVMH is backing both Dior and Louis Vuitton with the French star says a lot about how luxury is thinking right now: sleek, global, and sports-adjacent.
This moment has been building. Last week, Louis Vuitton announced it will be dressing Real Madrid players, Mbappé included, for official appearances. And Anderson, who’s built campaigns with everyone from Daniel Craig to Maggie Smith at Loewe, is making it clear that at Dior, too, this isn’t about gimmicks. It’s about weight, presence, and reach.
What these first looks suggest is that Anderson may be going more classic than expected. This is the designer who once put men in bloomer shorts and patchwork knitwear. But there’s a reason to keep things focused here. Dior is different. Paris is watching.
His first Dior menswear show is scheduled for Friday at 2:30 p.m. It’s the most anticipated one on the Paris calendar, and Anderson is holding the rest close.
