New Zealand-born Japanese actor Anna Sawai [IG] became a Dior ambassador in early February, wearing a custom look designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri to the 2025 Golden Globes. Sawai is best known for her role as Toda Mariko in the "Shōgun" series, and she won multiple top honors at the 2024 Primtime Emmy Awards and 2025 Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards.

Immediately after the 2024 Emmy Awards, Sawai became a Cartier ambassador and she appeared two days ago in Osaka on behalf of Cartier [IG], “moved and inspired” by the Women’s Pavillion at Expo 2025.

The story of Banana Yoshimoto, a thread that runs through the Women's Pavilion, crafts a narrative that exemplifies the depth and breadth of women’s influence on the world, inviting visitors to reflect on the transformative power of collective voices across industries and cultures.

Dior Pre-Fall 2025 Kyoto Show

Today Anna Sawai covers the July 2025 issue of Vogue Japan [IG], wearing key pieces from Dior’s Pre-Fall 2025 collection, shown at Kyoto’s Toji Temple in April. The kimono shape used extensively in the Dior collection reflects the Japanese philosophy of understated elegance and harmony with the surrounding environment.

Combining ‘stillness’ and ‘motion’ expresses the dramatic fashion story.

This approach to fashion design also is also deeply entrenched in the Arab world. In this Vogue Japan fashion story shot in Kaitsns by Nick Yang [IG], the actor is styled by Rena Semba. / Hair by Asashi; makeup by Yuka Washizu

Presumably, the precise location is the grounds at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology.