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Fendi to celebrate centenary anniversary with co-ed catwalk show

Fendi is reportedly preparing to mark its centenary with a co-ed fashion show at Milan Fashion Week in February, according to WWD. The show will be a celebration of the brand’s legacy and a highlight on the bi-annual fashion week calendar. Led by Silvia Venturini Fendi, the creative mind behind the brand’s iconic Baguette bag and creative head...

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Kim Jones leaves Fendi

After four years, Kim Jones and Fendi are going their separate ways. This was announced by Fendi's parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton in a statement on Friday. Jones worked as womenswear designer at the Italian fashion house. “Kim Jones made significant contributions to the brand's creative legacy, seamlessly integrating his modern...

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Dior 'indefinitely' postpones upcoming Hong Kong menswear show

Dior has unexpectedly deferred its Pre-Fall menswear exhibition planned for March 23 in Hong Kong, declaring an "indefinite" postponement. The luxury fashion house, managed by LVMH, offered no explanation for the last minute cancellation, a development corroborated by local authorities as reported by Dimsum Daily. With merely a month remaining...

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At Fendi, stealth wealth is here to stay

A year shy of its centenary birthday, Fendi has begun to amp up its profile, and Kim Jones, the brand’s artistic director of couture and womenswear, may have showed his best collection yet for the Italian luxury house. “I was looking at 1984 in the Fendi archives. The sketches reminded me of London during that period: the Blitz Kids, the New...

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British designers triumph at Paris Haute Couture

British designers took the spotlight at Paris Haute Couture this season, which concluded on Thursday. John Galliano at Margiela, Simone Rocha as Jean Paul Gaultier's guest creator, and Kim Jones at Fendi presented distinctive visions, defining the extraordinary essence of fashion in a week filled with theme-y fashion and nicely crafted clothes....

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Dior collaborates with rapper IDK to outfit No Label Academy students

Dior, in collaboration with rapper Jason Mills (best known by his stage name IDK) is set to clothe twenty-five students engaged in the innovative No Label Academy. In a bid to democratize music education, the non-profit organization No Label has joined forces with rapper and producer IDK to establish an avant-garde program named No Label Academy...

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Dior opens pop-up in London for Dior Tears collaboration

French fashion house Dior has opened a pop-up in London to celebrate Dior Tears, the collaboration between Dior Men’s artistic director Kim Jones and Tremaine Emory’s Denim Tears. The pop-up at Phonica Records in London Soho, open until July 13, features a series of inflatable sculptures alongside the capsule collection inspired by the history...

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Kim Jones collaborates with Hennessy X.O on exclusive sneakers

British designer Kim Jones, artistic director of men’s collections at Dior and head of womenswear at Fendi, has unveiled his first collaboration with a spirits brand, teaming up with Hennessy X.O cognac on an exclusive three-piece collection. The collaboration marks Hennessy X.O’s first consumer-facing luxury fashion item, combining the spirit...

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Dior unveils collaboration with Birkenstock

French fashion house Dior unveiled a new collaboration with heritage footwear brand Birkenstock in its Dior Men’s autumn/winter 2022 collection designed by Kim Jones during men’s fashion week in Paris. For the collaboration, Dior has given two Birkenstock clogs a high fashion makeover, the Tokio mules, first released in 1987, and the Milano...

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Kim Jones presents Dior menswear FW22 with Covid frustration

Kim Jones may be borrowing from Dior's most iconic female looks for his latest menswear collection but that doesn't mean he believes gender boundaries are ready to disappear yet. "We live in cities and they are incredibly open, but go outside and it's not the same," Jones told AFP at his studio in Paris. "There are 40 countries in the world...

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The Fashion Awards names 2021 winners and honours Virgil Abloh

The British Fashion Council’s 2021 Fashion Awards took place under sombre circumstances on Monday night, less than 24 hours following the news that designer Virgil Abloh had died of cancer on Sunday aged 41. Actor Idris Elba opened the awards with a tribute to the late designer, stating that the fashion industry had lost a legend, before reading...

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Dior and Kim Jones design Claridge's annual Christmas tree

Claridge’s on Wednesday unveiled its annual Christmas tree decorations, which this season is in collaboration with Dior’s Artistic Director of menswear, Mr Kim Jones. Called the Celestial Snow Globe, the tree features white toile and holographics, mixing the modern and traditional, as is the story of Dior. On the branches hang baubles in the...