PARIS (Reuters) -Fashion designer Kim Jones is leaving luxury group LVMH’s Dior Homme brand, the label said on Friday, capping a seven-year tenure in the latest of a series of high profile designer reshuffles as the industry faces its slowest growth in years.
One of the industry’s most influential designers, Jones held his final Dior menswear show last week.
Dior CEO Delphine Arnault lauded the designer’s “surprising, highly desirable artistic collaborations”.
Dior did not name his successor.
Other top design changes in recent months include the nomination of Matthieu Blazy as new creative director at Chanel and Glenn Martens at Maison Margiela.
The moves come as luxury fashion houses face their slowest growth in years, with LVMH’s recent financial report disappointing investors hoping for stronger signs of a rebound.
The luxury conglomerate, which does not break down sales for its individual labels, said that Dior’s performance was weaker than Louis Vuitton over the final quarter of last year.
(Reporting by Mimosa Spencer;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
