Loewe aspires to be the thinking woman's favourite in Paris

Designer Jonathan Anderson makes a grab for sophisticated terrain occupied by Céline

Into the gap left at Paris fashion week by the departure of Phoebe Philo from Céline, enter Loewe. Philo’s successor, Hedi Slimane, is soon to begin work on his new-look Celine, to be unveiled in September. But in Paris another British designer, Jonathan Anderson– born in Northern Ireland, based in Dalston, feted in Paris – made a decisive grab for the hallowed ground occupied by Céline, the fashionista’s favourite label.