What is youth if not fearless existence, daring to go wherever, wear whatever and be whomever? Jonathan Anderson’s project to recode the maison continues, and for Dior Winter 2026, his eye lands on the new-age flâneur — the saunterer, the wanderer.

Shirt, Dior

Roadie Boots, Dior

Once again, Anderson looks back to imagine the future, referencing aristocrats to create a Nostalgia-Futura-esque persona: the Aristo-youth, the new and future stylishly laissez-faire class. Living between contrasts, blazers are left with raw fraying edges, suits are styled with popped collars and loose slacks. Button-ups and T-shirts adorned with embellished epaulettes that constantly shift with each movement are simultaneously masculine and feminine, modern and vintage, formal and fun.

Jeans, Dior Roadie Boots, all Dior

Top, pants, Médaillon Messenger Flap Bag, all Dior

The Dior Roadie boots conceived by Anderson embody these conceptual paradoxes: slouched yet meticulously sewn together, with intentional raw edges. The result is a boot that carries that modern trendiness that made Anderson’s Dior debut so buzzy. With Dior’s classic cannage-engraved code on the soles, it is unmistakably Dior, created for the sauntering Aristo-youth who has the world and impending future at his feet.

Photography Angele Chatenet, Erik Gustafsson