Just a week ago, Kim Jones marched out onto an ice rink-size runway in Paris, taking a bow at the conclusion of his latest show as the men’s creative director at Dior. That show would be his last. On Friday, Mr. Jones, a British fashion designer who has held that role since 2018, announced he was leaving the brand.

The designer, who recently stepped down as artistic director of Fendi, is now a free agent, leaving the industry eager to see his next move.

Kim Jones’s fall 2025 collection for Dior Men was the standout at the menswear shows earlier this month. It fully realized the vision of male elegance the designer had been slowly but confidently building on since his first outing back in 2018,

By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -British fashion designer Kim Jones is stepping down as artistic director for menswear at Christian Dior, the LVMH-owned label said on Friday, signalling a potential shift in its design approach as the brand struggles with slowing sales.

Just one week ago, the British fashion designer wowed Paris Fashion Week with one of the most stupendous Dior Men’s shows of his career. Today, Jones announced his exit from the French luxury house after a seven-year tenure in which he accelerated the convergence of men’s fashion,