PARIS - Fresh from winning arguably the biggest job in fashion this year – designing Taylor Swift’s wedding dress – Dior’s artistic director Jonathan Anderson returned to the Paris catwalk on July 6 at the start of Haute Couture Week.

The American pop star and footballer husband Travis Kelce’s choice of the venerable Parisian house for their New York wedding ensembles over the weekend represented a major coup for the LVMH-owned brand.

It also burnished the reputation of its low-key Northern Irish chief designer, 41, who was appointed almost exactly a year ago with the task of modernising all of Dior’s fashion lines.

On the first day of Haute Couture Week, which featured a star-packed show from Schiaparelli and a galaxy-inspired Iris Van Herpen collection, Anderson sent out a highly wearable selection of heavily textured, pleated and sculptural outfits.

He appeared to soak up applause, wearing a denim shirt and dark green chinos, after the final dress – a bridal outfit, as per tradition – did its final round of the circular catwalk at the Rodin Museum in central Paris.