Jonathan William Anderson was born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland in 1984. In 2007 he graduated from the London College of Fashion with a degree in menswear, also in the same year he debuted his first Men's and Women's Accessories collections for Spring Summer 2008 at ::ON/OFF:: London Fashion Week.
Combining his love of theatre (he also studied drama at The Actors Studio in Washington DC 2001) with a love for the sinister in literature the universe of JW Anderson is intensely dramatic and compellingly grandiose.
Influences: Maria Callas, Mareva Galanter, Bishi, The Dallas Guild, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sunset Boulevard the Musical. Elizabeth the First, Perfume, Flesh for Frankenstein, The Birds, The Muppets Christmas Carol. The Little Mermaid. Books: Yves Saint Laurent Bio, Picture of Dorian Grey, Orlando, Ulysses by Joyce. He has also worked as a stylist for Rufus Wainwright.
We were blown away by his collection in Paris, we hope you love it too. In store beginning of December...
:: VIEW JW ANDERSON 2008/2009 COLLECTION ::