Kim Jones Named as Designer by Fendi

Model Gigi Hadid presents a creation from Fendi’s collection in Milan, Italy. Reuters file photo
Model Gigi Hadid presents a creation from Fendi’s collection in Milan, Italy. Reuters file photo
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Kim Jones Named as Designer by Fendi

Model Gigi Hadid presents a creation from Fendi’s collection in Milan, Italy. Reuters file photo
Model Gigi Hadid presents a creation from Fendi’s collection in Milan, Italy. Reuters file photo

British designer Kim Jones is to join Italian fashion house Fendi as its lead designer for womenswear while retaining his job as artistic director for Dior, Fendi announced on Wednesday.

Jones, 46, will succeed the late Karl Lagerfeld who was responsible for Fendi womenswear until his death in 2019.

Silvia Venturini Fendi, from the Fendi family, will continue with responsibility for menswear and accessories, the statement from Fendi and parent company LVMH said.

"Kim Jones is a great talent and since joining, he has continuously proven his ability to adapt to the codes and heritage of the LVMH houses while revisiting them with great modernity and audacity," LVMH chief Bernard Arnault said.

Jones, who has already worked on menswear at Louis Vuitton, has been chief designer at Dior since March 2018.



Anna Wintour to Step Down as Vogue Editor-in-Chief

 Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour attends the 78th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 8, 2025. (AFP)
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour attends the 78th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 8, 2025. (AFP)
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Anna Wintour to Step Down as Vogue Editor-in-Chief

 Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour attends the 78th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 8, 2025. (AFP)
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour attends the 78th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 8, 2025. (AFP)

Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour on Thursday told employees that she will be seeking a new head of editorial content at American Vogue as she steps down from that position.

Wintour will remain in her roles as Vogue's global editorial director and chief content officer at Condé Nast, the publisher of titles including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and GQ.

She has been the editor of Vogue US since 1988 and is regarded as one of the most powerful people in the fashion world. Wintour has raised over $300 million for the US Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.

In January, former President Joe Biden awarded Wintour the Presidential Medal of Freedom, considered the highest US civilian honor.