Northern Irish prodigy Anderson will oversee all of the fashion brand's collections, an unprecedented position that has only been held by Christian Dior himself.

The fashion house has unified its creative direction under one designer for the first time since founder Christian Dior held the reins.

French fashion house Dior named Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson on Monday as the first-ever creative director for both its women's and men's collections. "It is a great honour to join the House of Dior as Creative Director of both women's and men's collections,