{"id":1895,"date":"2021-01-28T04:44:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=184847"},"modified":"2021-01-28T22:47:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T11:47:50","slug":"kim-jones-kicks-off-his-fendi-tenure-with-a-bold-star-studded-couture-offering","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/kim-jones-kicks-off-his-fendi-tenure-with-a-bold-star-studded-couture-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jones Kicks Off His Fendi Tenure With A Bold, Star-Studded Couture Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_184848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184848\" style=\"width: 5326px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230817177.jpg\" alt=\"Fendi Haute Couture Spring Summer 2021\" width=\"5326\" height=\"3550\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t as if Kim Jones\u2014the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/kim-jones-fendi\/\">newly-minted creative director of womenswear at Fendi<\/a>\u2014needed any more hype for his debut couture collection. It had plenty of that all on its own. Jones has spent the last two decades as a menswear designer\u2014first at Louis Vuitton and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/6-styling-tips-to-borrow-from-mens-fashion-week\/\">then at Dior<\/a>\u2014and his collections quickly became the stuff of modern fashion legend, earning him a cohort of besotted female fans, including the likes of Naomi Campbell, Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss. It followed that his womenswear debut would have anyone with even a passing interest in fashion <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/fendi-spring-summer-2021-campaign\/\">clamouring for a first look<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that, when you add Demi Moore to the mix (the actress opened the show in a chic silk black two-piece), as well as the runway reprisals of Cara Delevingne and Christy Turlington, <em>and<\/em> appearances from Bella Hadid, Adwoa Aboah and Lila Grace Moss, the hysteria is likely to reach fever pitch. And that it did\u2014the star-studded runway event, which debuted this afternoon to much fanfare on social media, was staged in a constellation of marble-floored glass rooms, each filled with literary memorabilia that inspired Jones while he was designing. Eveningwear was the order of the day (this is couture season, after all) from the delicately embroidered pearl-embellished sheer dress worn by Moss (her mother, Kate, also appeared on the runway, in a feminine silk gown affixed with a rosette at the bust) to the dramatic, heavy silk cape, stitched with incredible fabrications that resembled marble, worn by <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/naomi-campbells-most-iconic-moments\/\">Naomi Campbell<\/a> to close out the show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184849\" style=\"width: 5442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230815882.jpg\" alt=\"Fendi Haute Couture Spring Summer 2021\" width=\"5442\" height=\"3628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The collection was dubbed &#8216;From Bloomsbury to Borghese&#8217;\u2014marking a marrying of Jones&#8217; British roots and the Italian heritage of the 96-year-old fashion house. Bloomsbury, of course, refers to the collective of literary and art world figures that dominated British culture in the turn of the 20th century, including Virginia Woolf, E.M Forster, and John Maynard Keynes. The Bloomsbury set often resided together in a large country house called &#8216;Charleston&#8217; in a small town near Rednell in East Sussex\u2014and it was here that Jones, now 47, grew up.<\/p>\n<p>Jones&#8217; fascination with the Bloomsbury set is lifelong, and he has collected much memorabilia from the group over the years. Many of those pieces were on display at the runway show, including an original edition of Woolf&#8217;s famous novel &#8216;Orlando&#8217;, which acted as the collection&#8217;s primary inspiration. &#8216;Orlando&#8217; is widely considered to be an ode to Woolf&#8217;s friend and lover Vita Sackville-West\u2014and Silvia Venturini Fendi, Isabelle Rossellini, Christina Ricci, Kate Moss and Adwoa Aboah read passages from the book as part of the Max Richter-scored soundtrack.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184850\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230816561.jpg\" alt=\"Fendi Haute Couture Spring Summer 2021\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Literary references aside, the runway event also paid homage to one of the central values of the Fendi brand: family. Moss\u2014a long-time friend and muse of Jones&#8217;\u2014and her daughter walked, as did Christy Turlington and her model nephew James. Adwoa Aboah was joined by her artist sister, Kesewa Aboah, and Delfina Deletterz\u2014the jewellery designer daughter of Silvia who was recently appointed Fendi&#8217;s head of jewellery by Jones\u2014walked alongside her younger sister, Leonetta Fendi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFendi represents artisanal quality of the highest order, and it\u2019s all about family,\u201d Jones said in the accompanying show notes. \u201cIt\u2019s in its third generation with a Fendi at its helm, and I am guest starring while bringing in the fourth. Here, I am surrounded by strong, powerful women who I love and respect, and want to bring their energy into what I do.\u201d So far, Jones is exceeding his own expectations spectacularly\u2014this looks like the start of a beautiful partnership.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184851\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230816469.jpg\" alt=\"Fendi Haute Couture Spring Summer 2021\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184852\" style=\"width: 4928px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184852 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230815292.jpg\" alt=\"Fendi Haute Couture Spring Summer 2021\" width=\"4928\" height=\"3285\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184853\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184853 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230816108.jpg\" alt=\"Fendi Haute Couture Spring Summer 2021\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184854\" style=\"width: 5433px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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