Dior names Mikey Madison as new ambassador

Dior has chosen Mikey Madison to be a new ambassador, the first new style plenipotentiary since the arrival of Jonathan Anderson at the house.

“Mikey Madison becomes a Dior ambassador for the collections by Jonathan Anderson,” Dior said in an official release Thursday.

“Her magnetic presence in Sean Baker’s Anora, which won the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, allowed her powerful allure and serene strength to shine far and wide. A performance of rare intensity that left a lasting impression and was crowned with the Oscar for Best Actress in 2025. A new incarnation of Dior elegance,” added Dior.

Since his arrival in late spring at Dior and his debut menswear show in June in Paris, Anderson has ramped up the house’s links to cinema—dressing all manner of stars at this month’s Venice Film Festival in his first women’s creations for Dior: Monica Barbaro in a mega plissé sheath; Alba Rohrwacher in a sculpted bleu crepe gown; Greta Lee in a Nouveau New Look black silk suit; and—most spectacularly—Mia Goth in a ruched and bowed coffee-hued dress along with actors like Andrew Garfield and director Luca Guadagnino in Venice.

However, Madison, a 26-year-old Californian, adds a far more kicky attitude to the Dior mix—even if, rather incongruously, she does use social media.

In the dark comedy Anora, Madison delivers a sensational performance as Ani, a stripper from Brooklyn who gets married in Las Vegas to Ivan, the son of a Russian oligarch, whose clan then violently tries to annul the marriage.