Jonathan Anderson Confirms He Is Leaving Loewe

AFTER MONTHS OF rumours, the fashion rumour we never wanted to believe has finally been confirmed: Jonathan Anderson is leaving Loewe.

The designer himself announced the news on Instagram, sharing a heartfelt caption paying tribute to his nearly 12-year tenure at the Spanish maison, where his work has received widespread critical and amateur acclaim.

“Eleven years ago, I was given the most incredible opportunity: to write a chapter in a story that is now 179 years old. Since my first day at LOEWE I found kindred spirits in the design studio and the atelier, whose talents were, and still are, second to none. Thank you for sharing your craft,” his caption began.

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Anderson went on to express gratitude to his team for enabling his bold ideas, and recognising that “a brand is not built on the first show, or even a first year of shows, it’s built slowly season upon season, year upon year, on what is right for a brand” — a method which, arguably, is the entire reason for his success at Loewe. His steady tenure, gradually building upon his own visual language and challenging himself ever more to expand the visual language of a house as storied as this, is one that won’t be soon forgotten.

Anderson also spoke of his pride in focusing on the craft of fashion through his time at Loewe, specifically his launching of the Craft Prize, which “genuinely supports and gives visibility to vanishing crafts, young makers, old masters, and new ideas”.

It’s a notion the designer expressed in conversation with Harper’s BAZAAR Australia at the launch of the Crafted World exhibition in Shanghai a year ago: “I was struggling [at Loewe] with this idea of, ‘How do we retell the narrative of making a bag?’ And ‘How do we tell people that this bag is actually not made by machines, it’s made by human beings?’. And it was this idea that craft does not grow on trees,” he said. “There is this strange thing we have in society that, because it’s on a shelf, we believe it was just put there. We don’t realise that there is a skill set to it. And this is very important. I think it’s fundamental to the brand, ultimately. It’s not a marketing tool, it’s the DNA of the brand. When we talk about craft in the brand, for me it’s like, we do not have Loewe without the craft, and vice versa.”

Anderson concluded his Post by at last confirming the rumours that have been swirling for nearly a year — that he is at last departing Loewe. “They say all good things must to come to an end, but I disagree. While my own chapter draws to a close, LOEWE’s story will continue for many years to come and I will look on with pride,” the designer wrote.

It’s unclear just yet what the next step of his journey will be — though many rumours have pointed towards Dior, where a menswear position is open and Maria Grazia Chiuri is rumoured to soon also be departing — but suffice to say, it will be one eagerly watched by fashion fans around the world.

As for Anderson’s successor at Loewe, we’ll have to wait and see — though foremost among the industry chatter is the noise that Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, formerly of Proenza Schouler, are set to step into his shoes.

Read his emotive farewell caption in full below:

“Eleven years ago, I was given the most incredible opportunity: to write a chapter in a story that is now 179 years old.

Since my first day at LOEWE I found kindred spirits in the design studio and the atelier, whose talents were, and still are, second to none. Thank you for sharing your craft.

Over the last eleven years, I have been lucky enough to be surrounded by people with the imagination, the skills, tenacity and resourcefulness to find a way to say ‘yes’ to all my wildly ambitious ideas.

Looking back, I’ve come to realise that a brand is not built on the first show, or even a first year of shows, it’s built slowly season upon season, year upon year, on what is right for a brand.

One of my proudest achievements is launching the Craft Prize. We created a platform that genuinely supports and gives visibility to vanishing crafts, young makers, old masters, and new ideas. I would like to thank the Foundation team, the members of the Jury and Expert panel for their time and dedication.

Since day one, I envisioned creating a cultural brand. This idea relied heavily on the trust and generosity of the many artists, craftspeople, estates, foundations, museums and galleries who contributed their work. I am sincerely grateful to you all.

Thank you to all those who supported me and my vision and to all the people who made every show possible. And to those who appeared in campaigns, wrote articles, bought products, or simply liked a post – you have made this all possible.

They say all good things must to come to an end, but I disagree. While my own chapter draws to a close, LOEWE’s story will continue for many years to come and I will look on with pride.

Love, Jonathan.”