The story goes that John Galliano, Jonathan Anderson’s childhood hero, gifted the newest Dior designer two posies of wild cyclamen (and a bag of Tesco treats) upon his first visit to the new-age atelier. Those sweet flowers, picked from Galliano’s own garden, formed the genesis of Anderson’s first Dior couture collection, in which he seemed to reference some of the silhouettes of Galliano’s tenure, but the colourways of Raf Simons’s. On the runway, the pink pom poms appeared most prominently as rosy spheres literally blooming at models’ ears. Galliano himself carried one of the pink silk sprigs to the front row, while Rihanna took a pair to the after-party, festooning her tee and jeans with the peppy bunches. But it was Stephen Jones, the milliner behind them, who really put the pops of joy into context: spring/summer 2026 marks his 58th couture collaboration with the house and three decades since he first came to Dior with Galliano himself.