The Italian designer is moving on after nine years as the artistic lead of Christian Dior Couture women's collections and quadrupling sales for the LVMH-owned brand.

Jonathan Anderson is now the creative director of Dior, the first since Christian Dior to oversee the house’s women’s wear, men’s wear, and couture.

Long tipped for the role, designer Jonathan Anderson has been named as the new creative director at Dior, overseeing womenswear, menswear and haute couture.