Kim Jones has formally stepped down from his function because the creative director of Dior Males. Marking an finish of an period at Dior, the home introduced that after helming the menswear line since 2018, the British designer was the latest Fall 2025 assortment. Jones’ exit has lengthy been speculated and rumors ran excessive in the course of the previous menswear trend week in Paris. Now, after Jones has been awarded France’s highest distinction, the chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by none aside from long-time pal and Vogue‘s Anna Wintour, Jones leaves his function at Dior with a lot to want and reminisce.
In an official assertion from Delphine Arnault, chairman and CEO of Dior shared, “I’m extraordinarily grateful for the outstanding work executed by Kim Jones, his studio, and the ateliers. With all his expertise and creativity, he has continually reinterpreted the home’s heritage with real freedom of tone and stunning, extremely fascinating creative collaborations.” Jones himself added his be aware of gratitude to LVMH in addition to the Dior group, “It was a real honour to have been capable of create my collections inside the Home of Dior, a logo of absolute excellence. I categorical my deep gratitude to my studio and the ateliers who’ve accompanied me on this excellent journey. They’ve introduced my creations to life. I might additionally wish to take this chance to thank the artists and pals I’ve met via my collaborations. Lastly, I really feel honest gratitude in direction of Bernard and Delphine Arnault, who’ve given me their full help.”
Jones was a graduate from Central St. Martins Faculty of Artwork and Design earlier than he began his personal eponymous model between 2003 and 2008. In 2011, he joined Louis Vuitton as their new creative director of males’s ready-to-wear. He held the place for 5 years and engineered main landmark streetwear and luxurious crossovers, together with bringing Supreme branded items to LV, sparking the start of a brand new skatewear development for the 2010s and past. Following LV, he was made the creative director of Dior Homme from 2018 till 2025. At Dior Males’s he continued to discover collaborations, marking his first present with a group up with KAWS and later with the likes of Shawn Stussy, Eli Russell Linnetz and Stone Island. He additionally launched the home’s first ever Dior Males’s couture assortment. Between 2020-2024, Jones took on the function as creative director of Fend’s girls’s assortment, a task previously occupied by the well-known Karl Lagerfeld.
When Jones debuted his Fall 2025 assortment earlier this month, many theorized that it will be his final. The gathering featured muted tones, contrasting the same old pop colours he usually brings to his assortment. An emotional season, it’s now extra obvious than ever that it was a mirrored image of his time on the home of Dior. The gathering leaves a solemn be aware because the business readies Jones’ exit from the home. Hypebeast went backstage at Jones final present, in addition to attended the present in full. It stays to be seen the place Jones will head subsequent.
