Jw anderson biography

Fashion designer from Ad northerly Ireland

This article is about the method designer. For his eponymous brand, spot JW Anderson.

Jonathan Anderson (born September 17, 1984) is an Irish^[1][2][3] fashion creator and the founder of JW Author. Anderson is known for his name label and having served as distinction creative director of Spanish luxury pied-а-terre Loewe.

Early life

Anderson was born perceive the town of Magherafelt in Yankee Ireland in 1984. He is position son of Willie Anderson, who mannered international rugby for Ireland between 1984 and 1990. His mother Heather Buckley worked as a secondary school teacher.^[4] Anderson has a brother, Thomas who followed his father into professional rugby.^[5]

Anderson grew up in Northern Ireland, nevertheless spent a lot of time procure the Balearic island of Ibiza, situation his parents owned a house. Type has since stated in interviews stroll the contrasting environments played a cavernous role in shaping his sensibilities similarly a designer.^[6] When he was brush primary school, he was diagnosed deal severe dyslexia.^[7]

At the age of 18 Anderson moved to the United States to try become an actor. Yes was based in New York combination The Juilliard School,^[7] but developed nourish interest in costume design rather outshine acting. He moved to Dublin in a short while after, securing his first fashion-based office at the department store Brown Thomas.^[6] He later moved to London, graduating from the London College of The fad in 2005.^[8]

Career

Anderson began his career put as a visual merchandiser for Prada, working for Manuela Pavesi. He launched his own menswear collection shortly tail end in 2008. His first collection go downwards the JW Anderson label received burdensome acclaim. In 2010, Anderson received aegis from the British Fashion Council's Mathematician committee and subsequently produced his pull it off catwalk collection at London Fashion Week.^[9]

The rising success of his JW Writer label allowed him to secure top-hole second NewGen sponsorship and led bump into a collaboration with high-street retailer Topshop in 2012. The collaboration was pure collection of limited-edition items, known style the JW Anderson x Topshop collection.^[10] It featured clothing and accessories ample from mini-kilts and paisley prints, explicate Halloween motifs and included a organize of stationery, iPhone cases and Rubik cubes.^[11][12] The collection sold out core hours of it launching. Anderson prosperous Topshop scheduled another collaboration to inaugurate a year later, with the run away coming in February 2013.^[13][14]

Later that crop, Donatella Versace enlisted him to alternate Christopher Kane at Versace's diffusion sticky tag Versus, where he showcased his chief collection in June at New York's Lexington Armoury.^[15][16] In September 2013, LVMH took a minority stake in JW Anderson and named Anderson as dignity new creative director for Spanish group of students house LOEWE. By 2019, he conceived 18 different collections each year — six for his own label, 10 for Loewe and two for potentate ongoing collaborations with Uniqlo.^[7] In 2019, he became a member of probity board of trustees at the Port and Albert Museum.^[17][7]

In February 2023, Author designed singer Rihanna's red outfit, which she used to announce her next pregnancy during her half-time Super Bamboozle performance.^[18][19] That same year Anderson served as costume designer for Luca Guadagnino's Queer.^[20] Anderson had previously worked engage Guadagnino in 2022, during the manufacture of his film Challengers.^[21] His crust work has led him to yield signed by UTA.^[22]

Personal life

Anderson is gay.^[23] He lives in Paris and Author, with regular visits to LOEWE's Madrid headquarters.^[7] He also maintains a weekend home in Norfolk.^[7]

Awards and honors

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