A billowing parachute silhouette
Jonathan Anderson · spring/summer 2020
Jonathan Anderson
- Experimental proportions
- Craft-based fashion
Jonathan Anderson founded JW Anderson in 2008, developing a dialogue between menswear, womenswear and unexpected proportions. His work for Loewe explored historical construction, craft and visual illusion, including the botanical and pixelated forms represented here.
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Collection selection
Dress
spring/summer 2020
Jonathan Anderson looked to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century construction for Loewe’s spring/summer 2020 collection. The museum describes this garment as a parachute coat: its billowing sleeves recall a monastic choir robe, while its oversized collar evokes Pierrot. Historical reference becomes an expansive modern silhouette in synthetic fabric and cotton rather than a literal period costume.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection selection
Dress
fall/winter 2023–24
This silk dress by Jonathan Anderson for Loewe is dated fall/winter 2023–24. A soft, blurred floral image runs down the front of an otherwise restrained pale silhouette. The contrast between an apparently fleeting picture and a physical, wearable object makes its surface a useful subject for studying how contemporary fashion plays with perception.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Look 7
spring/summer 2023
Loewe’s Look 7 from spring/summer 2023 places an enlarged, glossy green-and-red botanical form over a comparatively minimal lower silhouette. Jonathan Anderson is credited as designer. The Met records polyester, viscose and polyester across the components, distinguishing the plantlike appearance from the manufactured materials that give this sculptural outfit its physical form.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection selection
Dress
2024 · V&A collection
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Collection selection
Brass breastplate dress
Loewe · Spring/Summer 2022
A brass breastplate contrasts with the flexible black cotton jersey dress, combining sculptural metalwork with an everyday knit.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonCollections & archive pieces
3 collections represented · 3 piecesspring/summer 2020
1 piece
fall/winter 2023–24
1 piece
Dress
Jonathan Anderson · fall/winter 2023–24
spring/summer 2023
1 piece
Look 7
Jonathan Anderson · spring/summer 2023
About Jonathan Anderson
In June 2025, he presented his first Dior collection as creative director of all the house’s collections.