Bringing the best storytellers in film and fashion together: the Dior x A24 two-year collaboration officially begins!
This dream collaboration is finally happening! 🤩
Summary
- Dior and A24 have announced a two-year creative partnership spanning film, theater, and live events.
- Dior is becoming the lead partner of Cherry Lane Theatre, the oldest Off-Broadway venue in New York.
- Creative director Jonathan Anderson has designed exclusive costumes for the first commemorative performance, “Both Ends.”
- The design details pay tribute to legendary designer Paul Poiret and have inspired Dior’s Winter 2026 collection.
Dior and A24 have officially announced a two-year creative partnership spanning film, theater, and live events. The collaboration makes Dior the principal partner of New York’s historic Cherry Lane Theatre, while creative director Jonathan Anderson has designed exclusive costumes for Both Ends, a commemorative performance marking the theater’s first anniversary since reopening. The production also offers a preview of the inspiration behind Dior’s Fall 2026 collection.
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A new chapter for New York’s oldest theater
Founded in 2012, A24 bought Cherry Lane Theatre, New York’s oldest Off-Broadway venue, in 2023 and reopened it in September 2025. With this partnership underway, Dior will officially become Cherry Lane’s principal partner.
To mark the theater’s first anniversary since reopening under A24, the two have planned a limited-run production titled Both Ends. Produced and directed by Zack Winokur and starring Justin Vivian Bond, the show pays tribute to poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay, one of Cherry Lane’s founders.
Jonathan Anderson takes the helm, with hints of Fall 2026 inspiration
More than simple financial sponsorship, the most exciting part of this collaboration is the depth of its creative exchange. Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson has created custom costumes for the production. Onstage, Justin Vivian Bond will wear archival pieces by the legendary designer Paul Poiret. Millay also loved wearing Poiret’s designs, and this historical connection across time has directly inspired the Dior Fall 2026 collection Anderson is currently preparing.
As Jonathan Anderson put it: “Bringing together two worlds driven by creativity creates an exciting feeling. You start to see them inspire in each other things they couldn’t find on their own. That’s where the interesting things happen.”
More than sponsorship, it’s about nurturing a new generation
What makes this crossover especially worth looking forward to is that both sides are taking the long view. Along with supporting established artists, Dior and A24 plan to launch a series of online and in-person curatorial projects and devote resources to supporting students, giving young people passionate about film and theater a chance to take part in developing and realizing creative ideas. If you’re curious about this dream collaboration between fashion and film, the official details of upcoming films or performances have yet to be announced, but it’s certainly worth keeping an eye on what unfolds over the next two years.
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