As Karl Lagerfeld's successor, Kim Jones certainly has huge shoes to fill

British-born Kim Jones (left) is filling the void left by the 2019 death of Karl Lagerfeld, who had joined Fendi in 1965. Photo composite: AP, AFP

Italian fashion house Fendi announced just last week that Kim Jones is stepping into the shoes of the late Karl Lagerfeld. He takes over the position as creative director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections.

Jones will however, still stay on as artistic director of Dior Homme – the other fashion house in the Paris-based luxury goods conglomerate of LVMH.