By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -British fashion designer Kim Jones is stepping down as artistic director for menswear at Christian Dior, the LVMH-owned label said on Friday, signalling a potential shift in its design approach as the brand struggles with slowing sales.

Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri kicked off the Paris Haute Couture fashion shows on Monday with a lineup of hooped petticoats and corsets in sheer, airy fabrics. Models marched down the runway in low heels parading ruffled and lacy looks,

Warrior princesses, Tudor queens and Victoria drama prevail in a divine display of opulence at Paris Couture Week

Just a week ago, Kim Jones marched out onto an ice rink-size runway in Paris, taking a bow at the conclusion of his latest show as the men’s creative director at Dior. That show would be his last. On Friday, Mr. Jones, a British fashion designer who has held that role since 2018, announced he was leaving the brand.

Haute Couture Week opened in Paris this week with Schiaparelli's traditional show and what may have been Maria Grazia Chiuri's final collection for Dior .

Dior’s Spring 2025 couture show explored the foundations of fashion and beauty. Maria Grazia Chiuri focussed on the bones of her craft and the archetypes of her maison.

Maria Grazia Chiuri put her spin on the collection with punk rock elements, feminine silhouettes, and inspiration from Yves Saint Laurent's 1958 Dior debut

The Spring-Summer 2025 collection was inspired by "the creativity of past centuries" and was intended "to disrupt the order of time," according to the show notes

Maria Grazia Chiuri toyed with historic shapes and proportions in her most unabashedly romantic collection to date.

Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri delved into the storied archives of Christian Dior for her latest haute couture collection Monday, exploring the transformations of time.

With artist Rithika Merchant’s mystic touch, the Dior haute couture runway becomes a cosmic landscape of glamorous anthropomorphic beasts.

PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri kicked off the Paris Haute Couture fashion shows on Monday with a lineup of hooped petticoats and corsets in sheer, airy fabrics.