His appointment as creative director of both women’s and men’s wear may mark not just a changing of the guard, but a shift in the paradigm.

Days after Maria Grazia Chiuri left Dior after nine years, the French fashion house said its menswear designer will now be creative director.

Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson has been named creative director of women’s, men’s and haute couture collections of Dior, replacing Maria Grazia Chiuri who held the role for almost a decade,