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Four years<\/strong><\/b> and counting. The designer waltz continues: after an eventful summer and Hedi Slimane’s departure at Celine, replaced by Michael Rider, it‘s the turn of another LVMH Maison to part company with its artistic director.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the evening of Friday, October 11, 2024<\/strong><\/b>,the House of Fendi<\/strong><\/b> announced the departure of its artistic director, the British Kim Jones. However,<\/strong><\/b> Jones will remain creative director of Dior Men’s collections<\/strong><\/b>, a position he has held since 2018.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Roman fashion house has not yet announced the name of his successor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kim Jones will not be responsible for Fendi’s centenary collections<\/strong><\/b>, scheduled for 2025.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a press release, the Roman fashion house, owned by LVMH since 2001, states soberly: \u201cKim Jones and Fendi today jointly announce that Kim Jones is stepping down as Artistic Director of the House’s women’s and couture collections\u201d<\/em>, adding \u201cMr. Jones will now concentrate fully on his role as Artistic Director of Dior Men<\/strong><\/b><\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fendi recalls Kim Jones’ contribution as head of artistic direction, noting \u201chis modern and intercultural aesthetic<\/strong><\/b><\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For his part, Bernard Arnault<\/strong><\/b>, CEO of the LVMH group, saluted in the press release \u201ca great talent who has brought his singular and multicultural vision to Fendi over the last four years<\/em>\u201d . While thanking him for his contribution, he was delighted \u201cto see his creativity continue to express itself at Dior Men<\/em>\u201d<\/strong><\/b>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In September 2020, the 51-year-old British designer took over the reins following the death of Karl Lagerfeld<\/strong><\/b>. In 54 years of collaboration<\/strong><\/b> (an all-time record for the smoked-glass designer), the late Kaiser of fashion had left his mark on the women’s collections of the Roman fashion house, founded in 1925 by Adele and Edoardo Fendi.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Called in to relaunch Fendi as early as 1964<\/strong><\/b> – long before his work at Chanel – Karl Lagerfeld<\/strong><\/b> succeeded in transforming this declining family business<\/strong><\/b>, a specialist in furs and leather goods, into a brand in tune with the times<\/strong><\/b>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under his leadership, the brand’s logo was revamped with a double F, evoking both \u201cFun Fur<\/em>\u201d (faux fur in French) and, more prosaically, \u201cla fourrure amusante<\/em>\u201d (fun fur).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The name reflects the polymath’s light-hearted approach to modernizing the silhouette, lightening skins and dispensing with heavy linings. Fur is treated like velvet or tweed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under Karl’s impetus, the House broke away from its core business<\/strong><\/b> and launched its first ready-to-wear collection in 1977<\/strong><\/b>. Silvia Venturini Fendi<\/strong><\/b>, heiress to the founding family, worked with her co-director on the Baguette bag<\/strong><\/b>, the first it-bag in fashion history (1997).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For his part, Kim Jones, the king of streetwear collaborations<\/strong><\/b> (the Louis Vuitton x Supreme<\/strong><\/b> trunks in 2017, that was him) had the onerous task of taking over the women’s collections, with Silvia Venturini Fendi retaining direction of the men’s collections.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n With seven years’<\/strong><\/b> experience<\/strong> at Louis Vuitton and now six at Dior Homme<\/strong><\/b>, Kim Jones tried to shake up the women’s collections by infusing them with his streetwear spirit.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n He was behind collaborations with renowned designers Marc Jacob and Donatella Versace<\/strong><\/b>. The latter, called Fendace<\/strong><\/b>, was a \u201cbootleg\u201d, a contraction of the two Italian brands, which were reflected in both the name and the motifs of the capsule collection.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kim Jones’ departure from Fendi<\/strong><\/b> comes at a time of economic slowdown in the luxury goods sector<\/strong><\/b>. The situation has prompted a number of brands to restructure, reorganize their teams – both artistic and management – and diversify their activities.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \t\t“Anniversary\u201deve<\/h2>\n
Second artistic director in Fendi history<\/h2>\n\n