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.

The designer, who recently stepped down as artistic director of Fendi, is now a free agent, leaving the industry eager to see his next move.

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.

Kim Jones’s fall 2025 collection for Dior Men was the standout at the menswear shows earlier this month. It fully realized the vision of male elegance the designer had been slowly but confidently building on since his first outing back in 2018,

Just one week ago, the British fashion designer wowed Paris Fashion Week with one of the most stupendous Dior Men’s shows of his career. Today, Jones announced his exit from the French luxury house after a seven-year tenure in which he accelerated the convergence of men’s fashion,