Here’s some news that should delight fashion lovers. Kim Jones’ very first couture collection for Fendi will be presented on Jan. 27, 2021, as part of the Paris Haute Couture Week. The English creative was named artistic director of the Italian house’s couture and women’s ready-to-wear collections in September.
Will the year 2021 mark the return of physical fashion shows? Nothing is less certain, but the house of Fendi is whetting the appetite of fashion lovers by announcing the date of the presentation of Jones’ first couture collection. Created for the spring-summer 2021 season, it will be unveiled at Paris’ Palais Brongniart on Jan. 27 during Paris Haute Couture Week.
The Italian house is not providing any information on the organization of this presentation, nor on the theme of this couture collection. However, this will be Jones’ very first collection for Fendi.
Artistic Director of Dior’s men’s collections, the Briton Jones took the lead of Fendi’s couture and women’s ready-to-wear collections by succeeding Karl Lagerfeld, who designed these collections for more than half a century until his death in February 2019. CC
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