FENDI The Kim Jones FW Ready-To-Wear 2022/23 Collection

Fendi Ready-To-Wear 22’: Kim Jones presented the best of Fendi’s Fall/Winter 2022/23 women’s collection.

For Fall/Winter 2022-2023, Kim Jones refracts two iconic FENDI collections through a distinctly contemporary lens, reconfiguring the past for today and considering the house’s signatures with a fresh perspective. “The best way to explore the FENDI archives is through the Fendi wardrobes” – Kim Jones said.

The inspiration for this collection for the women’s line came from Delfina Delettrez, an Italian jewellery designer. Jones decided to research the brand’s history and rediscovered the Spring/Summer 1986 collection, based on Karl Lagerfeld’s love of artistic movements. The inspiration for this collection for the women’s line came from Delfina Delettrez, an Italian jewellery designer. Jones decided to research the brand’s history and rediscovered the Spring/Summer 1986 collection, based on Karl Lagerfeld’s love of artistic movements.

“It takes me right back to my family history. I saw these prints on myself; Kim saw them on Delfina,” explains Silvia Venturini Fendi. “What interests me most about fashion is when it’s not something that’s just for the moment – and with FENDI, that’s always the case, because it’s never banal. There’s always a story behind each piece, something a little different.”

The Fendi models wore delicate slip dresses, paired with long cashmere gloves, strapless shirts that hugged their feminine figures, like corsets and cropped jackets with masculine touches. All of which defined the new balance that is at the heart of this collection. Some classic garments, such as a blazer that becomes a tailored vest and a belt with pockets designed to cinch the waist and hold the phone. And while the allure of illusion, so characteristic of Fendi, was projected through curly mohair that looked like sheepskin and shaved shearling that looked like fur, print O’Lock made its way from the world of men’s to women’s fashion. “There are no barriers and no divisions at FENDI,” said Silvia. “Because it’s a family.”

Designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi, the accessories celebrated the 25th anniversary of the iconic Baguette by reviving three of her favourite past editions: the cashmere, shearling-lined fur and mink intarsia, with oversized monograms and tennis bracelets encrusted with baguette crystals in allusion to the FF logo. And in jewellery, Delfina Delettrez opened up this rich archive, not only with the blouse she wore that day but also with the newly introduced Master Key motif that adorned pendants and earrings.  “It opens everything, every door,” smiled Delettrez. “Clearly, the FENDI archive.”