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In pictures: Jean Paul Gaultier’s eight guest designers lined up

There is good and bad fashion news. The good news: Duran Lantink from the Netherlands has been appointed creative director of the French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier. The less good news: with Lantink’s appointment, the special chapter of guest designers at JPG comes to an end. In 2020, after Jean Paul Gaultier retired from the catwalk, the...

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Julien Dossena to design next Jean Paul Gaultier couture collection

Jean Paul Gaultier has announced the next guest designer for the brand’s haute couture collection, which will be shown in Paris in July. Julien Dossena, the creative director of Paco Rabanne, will be the fifth guest designer for the brand, after a stellar collaboration with Haider Ackermann last season, as well as earlier couture collections by...

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Who will replace Clare Waight Keller at Givenchy?

It was the artistic director departure heard around the world, even over the sounds of the worries about the global coronavirus pandemic. Clare Waight Keller's time as artistic director of Givenchy has come to an end, as her contract has not been renewed. Waight Keller helped continue the global popularity the house saw under its previous...

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Julien Dossena brings life to Paco Rabanne

It has been five years since Julien Dossena took overtook over the role of creative director from Indian designer Manish Arora at Paco Rabanne, as the house had run out of steam since the departure of Paco Rabanne himself in 1999. When Dossena took over the creative reins, he was handed the mission to extend the legacy of the Spanish fashion...