{"id":517086,"date":"2026-07-09T05:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517086\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T05:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:51:10","slug":"jonathan-anderson-on-designing-taylor-swifts-dior-haute-couture-wedding-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517086\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Anderson on designing Taylor Swift\u2019s Dior Haute Couture wedding dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Dior\u2019s couture collection this year featured a bridal gown, with commenters on Instagram immediately making reference to Swift when they saw it, saying \u201cthis is a very Taylor dress\u201c and \u201cthis is giving TS\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A model walks the runway during the Christian Dior Haute Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Photo\/  Getty Images\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A model walks the runway during the Christian Dior Haute Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Photo\/  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Anderson became Dior\u2019s lead creative last year, when he replaced Maria Grazia Chiuri. Before joining the French fashion house, he spent more than a decade at Spanish label Loewe, where he served as creative director from 2013 until March 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Swift became the first celebrity to wear a couture wedding gown designed by the fashion house\u2019s creative director, who manages the women\u2019s, men\u2019s and haute couture divisions, according to Swift\u2019s publicist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Haute couture literally translates to \u201chigh dressmaking\u201d, referring to the creation of one-off, custom-fitted, high-end fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Swift and Kelce exchanged vows at a lavish celebration held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Despite international interest, images from the ceremony have not been released, leaving only guests with first-hand insight into the designs worn at the celebrity wedding.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Jonathan Anderson became Dior\u2019s creative director in June 2025, stepping into the position previously held by Maria Grazia Chiuri.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Jonathan Anderson became Dior\u2019s creative director in June 2025, stepping into the position previously held by Maria Grazia Chiuri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">A significant security operation was put in place around the venue, the Guardian reported, with 11 streets shut down and temporary structures erected along the perimeter of the restricted zone to prevent fans from gathering or photographing arrivals and departures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">According to the New York Times, securing permits for an event of this size \u2013 particularly one requiring multiple road closures \u2013 can cost up to US$66,000 ($115,000) per day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">The New York City permitting office authorised up to 1000 people in the stadium, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dior\u2019s couture collection this year featured a bridal gown, with commenters on Instagram immediately making reference to Swift&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[50543,256760,21642,17166,14155,2582,256759,25262,28157,156,19338,9517,71,163822,256758,29529,8454,16411,700,5978,111,139,69,90,254,11208,50419,163,196403,1361,15315,6923],"class_list":["post-517086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-anderson","tag-bridalstyle","tag-collection","tag-couture","tag-designing","tag-dior","tag-diors","tag-dress","tag-dropped","tag-entertainment","tag-expect","tag-fans","tag-from","tag-gown","tag-haute","tag-hoping","tag-including","tag-jonathan","tag-latest","tag-might","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-photos","tag-swift","tag-swifts","tag-taylor","tag-tease","tag-that","tag-wedding","tag-what"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}