In Berlin at the Gemäldegalerie, Jonathan Anderson made his debut as the creative director of Dior’s men’s collection with an exciting Spring/Summer 2026 collection. Hosting the show inside a museum was a choice the designer made with intention, surrounded by art that channeled times and values passed, yet with messages that live on. In the velvet-lined room, two paintings by Jean Siméon Chardin hang on the walls. For Anderson, this was a significant artist and bounce-off point for the latest line, as Chardin was a painter who cherished the everyday moments of life—less concerned with excess and status as a spectacle and more interested in sincerity and authenticity. This kind of conversation was exactly what Anderson challenged, linking historical art to contemporary fashion, and to the art of getting dressed around the world.