{"id":106728,"date":"2025-10-15T00:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=270866"},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:10:38","slug":"maria-grazia-chiuri-fendi-creative-director","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/maria-grazia-chiuri-fendi-creative-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Grazia Chiuri Announced As Fendi’s New Creative Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maria Grazia Chiuri \/ Image: Paola Mattioli for Fendi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After nearly a decade reshaping the codes of Dior<\/a>, Maria Grazia Chiuri is heading home to Rome. The designer, who made history as the first woman to lead Dior\u2019s women\u2019s collections, has been announced as the new Chief Creative Officer of Fendi<\/a>, marking a return to the House where her career first began.<\/p>\n

At Dior, Chiuri<\/a> built a legacy defined by conviction as much as couture. From her 2017 debut,\u00a0when\u00a0Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/a>\u2019s rallying cry, \u201cWe should all be feminists,\u201d was emblazoned across T-shirts, to her ongoing celebration of craftsmanship and historical female figures, she combined elegance and power into a singular vision that propelled the Maison’s<\/span>\u00a0creative and commercial success. Now, she\u2019s turning her gaze to another of LVMH\u2019s crown jewels, one with its roots firmly planted in her own native city.<\/p>\n

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A model walks the runway during the Christian Dior Ready to Wear fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring\/Summer 2017 on September 30, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMaria Grazia Chiuri is one of the greatest creative talents in fashion today,\u201d said Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH, in a statement. \u201cSurrounded by the Fendi teams and in a city that is dear to her, I am convinced that Maria Grazia will contribute to the artistic renewal and future success of the Maison.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramon Ros, Fendi\u2019s Chairman and CEO, echoed the sentiment. \u201cThe role of a creative director is no longer to simply design beautiful clothes but to curate a culture and hold a mirror to the world we live in,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

For Chiuri, the move is a homecoming in more ways than one. \u201cI return to Fendi with honour and joy,\u201d she said, announcing the news. \u201cFendi has always been a forge of talents and a starting point for many creatives in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

While her successor, Jonathan Anderson<\/a>, made his debut during this month’s SS26 Paris Fashion Week<\/a>, Chiuri’s inaugural collection for Fendi will be unveiled at the House’s Fall\/Winter 2026\u20132027 show, set to take place in Milan next February. And with many (valid!) criticisms surrounding the recent runways for their lack of female perspective and understanding of what modern women actually want to<\/em> wear<\/em>\u00a0in these times, Chiuri’s appointment feels especially exciting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42672,"featured_media":106729,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"\nMaria Grazia Chiuri Announced As Fendi's New Creative Director<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After nine years at Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri is going back to her roots with a new appointment as creative director of Fendi.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/maria-grazia-chiuri-fendi-creative-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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