Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
“I was looking at 1984 in the Fendi archives. The sketches reminded me of London during that period: the Blitz Kids, the New Romantics, the adoption of workwear, aristocratic style, Japanese style. It was a point when British subcultures and styles became global and absorbed global influences. Yet still with a British elegance in ease and not giving a damn what anybody else thinks, something that chimes with Roman style.” – Kim Jones on #FendiFW24
Reference: Roman art, Cloaked Female Statue and Colossal Head of a Goddess
Courtesy of Galleria Borghese
Reference: Immaculate Conception
Courtesy of Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi
Pii Stabilimenti della Francia a Roma e a Loreto
“I was looking at 1984 in the Fendi archives. The sketches reminded me of London during that period: the Blitz Kids, the New Romantics, the adoption of workwear, aristocratic style, Japanese style. It was a point when British subcultures and styles became global and absorbed global influences. Yet still with a British elegance in ease and not giving a damn what anybody else thinks, something that chimes with Roman style.” – Kim Jones on #FendiFW24
Reference: Roman art, Cloaked Female Statue and Colossal Head of a Goddess
Courtesy of Galleria Borghese
Reference: Immaculate Conception
Courtesy of Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi
Pii Stabilimenti della Francia a Roma e a Loreto
