Jones will take on the Fendi duties while staying on as artistic director of
He joins the third-generation
The British-born Jones fills the void left by the 2019 death of Lagerfeld, who had joined Fendi in 1965 and had been its womenswear design chief since 1977.
Jones’ first Fendi collection will be ready-to-wear shown during the fall-winter 2021-2022 fashion week in February. It’s the second major fashion partnership announced in recent months, after news that
Arnault, chief executive of Fendi parent company
Jones, who joined
Fendi said she was looking forward to taking the
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