Gilded Edges: How Dior Is Reinventing The Emblematic Medallion Seal For Fall 2026

This season, wear a piece of history on the tip of your loafer or the flap of your bucket bag

For Fall 2026, Jonathan Anderson reinvents the enduring Medallion through the form of jacquard bucket bags and chic loafers. (Photos: Heikki Kaski and Jean-Marie Binet, courtesy of Dior)

The enduring Dior Medallion is less a motif than a portal into design history. As early as 1947, oval-backed Médaillon chairs brought a Louis XVI-inspired elegance to Dior runways, seating the era’s style intelligentsia as they watched the New Look be unveiled. The seal has seen many reinventions in the decades since—and for Fall/Winter 2026, the golden Medallion brings an easy elegance to jacquard bucket bags and lambskin loafers.

Ahead, get a closer look at Dior’s Medallion story for the season.