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Kim Jones is going to head Dior Homme.
Yes. I read about this last week... although it was just a rumor then. It was also speculated that Maria Chiuri (former co artistic director at Valentino), artistic director for women’s Dior, will not be renewed when her contract is up in a year (or two) and allow Kim Jones to take over her role as well. This makes sense as it becomes a step up for Kim Jones than just a lateral move. Poor Maria... her departure from Valentino was a complete surprise couple years ago and looks like she may be homeless soon. Sometimes taking a risk works out and sometimes not. This move to install Kim Jones at Dior is in concert with Slimane taking over Céline. LVMH is on fire these days.
 
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Yes. I read about this last week... although it was just a rumor then. It was also speculated that Maria Chiuri (former co artistic director at Valentino), artistic director for women’s Dior, will not be renewed when her contract is up in a year (or two) and allow Kim Jones to take over her role as well. This makes sense as it becomes a step up for Kim Jones than just a lateral move. Poor Maria... her departure from Valentino was a complete surprise couple years ago and looks like she may be homeless soon. Sometimes taking a risk works out and sometimes not. This move to install Kim Jones at Dior is in concert with Slimane taking over Céline. LVMH is on fire these days.

Looking forward to seeing skateboards at Dior... I just barfed in my own mouth...
 
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Yes. I read about this last week... although it was just a rumor then. It was also speculated that Maria Chiuri (former co artistic director at Valentino), artistic director for women’s Dior, will not be renewed when her contract is up in a year (or two) and allow Kim Jones to take over her role as well. This makes sense as it becomes a step up for Kim Jones than just a lateral move. Poor Maria... her departure from Valentino was a complete surprise couple years ago and looks like she may be homeless soon. Sometimes taking a risk works out and sometimes not. This move to install Kim Jones at Dior is in concert with Slimane taking over Céline. LVMH is on fire these days.

I agree that it would be sad to see another woman in the industry go...but, Maria isn't as good of a designer as Phoebe was at Celine. Everyone LOVED Phoebe and she consistently got fantastic reviews from critics. Maria is liked by many but so far all her collections have been pretty lackluster and many critics seem to not be much of a fan of hers.

Looking forward to seeing skateboards at Dior... I just barfed in my own mouth...

Dior made skateboards before with Kris Van Assche.
 
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