This follows Jonathan Anderson’s appointment as inventive director of Dior’s menswear arm, Dior Homme in April, succeeding Kim Jones who exited in January.
There was hypothesis as as to if Anderson will take full inventive reign of each males’s and girls’s ready-to-wear on the luxurious maison, however reviews are unconfirmed.
Chiuri’s design profession spans virtually 40 years. She joined Fendi in 1989 as a purse designer earlier than transferring to Valentino a decade later as equipment designer. She was promoted to co-creative director alongside former inventive director Pierpaolo Piccioli, making her the primary feminine designer on the Italian home because it started in 1947.
Becoming a member of Dior in 2016, Chiuri’s first assortment was for spring/summer time 2017, and persistently championed feminine creatives and artists throughout her tenure.
Though Dior has additionally considerably fallen sufferer to the broader luxurious slowdown in recent times, gross sales on the home rose from €2.2bn (£1.8bn) in 2017 to €9bn (£7.5bn) in 2023 below Chiuri’s inventive lead.
Delphine Arnault, chairman and CEO of Christian Dior Couture, mentioned: “I lengthen my warmest because of Maria Grazia Chiuri, who, since her arrival at Dior, has achieved great work with an inspiring feminist perspective and distinctive creativity, all imbued with the spirit of Monsieur Dior, which allowed her to design extremely fascinating collections.
“She has written a key chapter within the historical past of Christian Dior, enormously contributing to its outstanding development and being the primary girl to guide the creation of girls’s collections.”
Maria Grazia Chiuri continues: “After 9 years, I’m leaving Dior, delighted to have been given this extraordinary alternative. I want to thank Monsieur Arnault for putting his belief in me and Delphine for her help.
“I’m significantly grateful for the work achieved by my groups and the Ateliers. Their expertise and experience allowed me to appreciate my imaginative and prescient of dedicated ladies’s style, in shut dialogue with a number of generations of feminine artists. Collectively, we’ve written an impactful chapter of which I’m immensely proud.”
