In fashion terms, Christian Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson is quite the Jude Bellingham – having just scored the greatest goal of his career.
After months of fevered speculation, on Saturday it transpired that billionaire pop star Taylor Swift had chosen to marry American footballer Travis Kelce, both 36, in a Dior couture dress.
This was a huge publicity coup for the LVMH-owned fashion house, and the first bridal gown by Anderson, the Northern Irish designer who became Dior’s creative director last year.
With not a single image of Swift’s outfit leaked, you can hardly blame guests at Dior’s catwalk show in Paris yesterday for paying particular attention to ‘La Mariee’, the bridal gown that traditionally ends a haute couture show. Speculation, naturally, was whether it resembled the pop star’s choice.
Only two people attending the show were in a position to know: Anderson, 41, and front row guest singer Sabrina Carpenter, 27, who had jetted almost straight from the wedding to the show, and was herself dressed in bridal ivory lace.
Could this be a sneak peak at Taylor Swift’s wedding dress? The bridal gown ended Dior’s catwalk show in Paris
Sabrina Carpenter jetted almost straight from the wedding to the Dior show
Emma Corrin fully embraced Schiaparelli’s love of Surrealism with a high-necked jacket embroidered with multi-coloured plumes
She was joined by the British breakout star of TV show Off Campus, Ella Bright, 19, actress Grace Gummer, 40, and model Alexa Chung, 42.
Also flying in from Swift’s New York wedding was her longtime friend, model Karlie Kloss, 33, who made a rare catwalk appearance at Schiaparelli’s couture show, dressed in a blue sculpted silicone bustier, worn with a slim pencil skirt embroidered with blue cornflowers.
Among those sitting on the front row were Bad Bunny, 32, the Puerto Rican musician famous for performing in Spanish at the Super Bowl halftime show, and British actress Emma Corrin, 30.
The Crown star fully embraced Schiaparelli’s love of Surrealism by wearing a high-necked jacket embroidered with multi-coloured plumes. Proof, perhaps, that every designer needs a feathered friend.
