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Kering's Gucci conundrum: Market shows patience despite deepening sales slump

Investors are displaying remarkable faith towards Kering's transformation strategy, even as the luxury conglomerate grapples with a significant 16 percent decline in group sales and persistent challenges at its flagship brand Gucci. The market's measured response — shares edged up 0.5 percent following the earnings announcement — suggests a...

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Valentino drops first collection designed by Alessandro Michele

Alessandro Michele, the newly appointed creative director of Valentino, unveiled a surprise pre-spring 2025 collection look book during the penultimate day of Milan men's fashion week, three months before his highly anticipated debut runway show. The collection, consisting of 171 looks and 91 detail shots of accessories, marks the triumphant...

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Who is Sabato De Sarno? Apple and Gucci take a look behind the scenes with a documentary

When Gucci announced its new creative director and Alessandro Michele's successor, one question was on everyone's lips: Who is Sabato De Sarno? Almost a year and two collections later, the Italian fashion house has now answered the question with the 20-minute documentary 'Who is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story', which puts the spotlight on the...

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Gucci's newest designer makes menswear debut in Milan

Italian luxury fashion house Gucci opens Men's Fashion Week in Milan on Friday with the much anticipated first men's collection by new artistic director Sabato De Sarno. The autumn/winter 2024-25 programme, which runs until Tuesday, also marks the return of Fendi, which chose last June to present its men's collection in its new leather workshops...

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In constant flux: The creative upheaval of designers in 2023

Fashion has always been fickle, and while the role of creative director is highly coveted, it has never been considered the most secure gig in the industry. This year, the constant flux was particularly evident at the highest echelons of luxury fashion's creative ladder, as no one, from industry veterans and long-time executives to newly crowned...

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Red carpet ready with Gucci: Sabato De Sarno unveils evening wear for the first time

Barely a month after his Gucci debut, creative director Sabato de Sarno revealed further insight into his vision for the Florentine fashion house. His first evening wear collection was presented at the weekend. The 12-piece line is called 'Ancora Notte' and is "an ode to life after dark," Gucci said on Saturday. The designs of the evening...

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Pharrell Williams, Sabato de Sarno among entrants in 2023’s The BoF 500

The Business of Fashion (BoF) has unveiled the influential names added to this year’s The BoF 500, an index of individuals the media firm deems as those shaping the global fashion industry. New selections for the 10th anniversary year of the list were chosen based on their leadership, creativity, innovation and impact, BoF said, with nominations...

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Gucci's whimsy-to-chic shift leaves some wanting more

Gucci’s highly anticipated showcase at Milan Fashion Week has garnered mixed reviews from industry insiders, with some feeling that Gucci Ancora's debut collection under the new creative direction of Sabato De Sarno lacked the anticipated fervor. The collection, named "Ancora" meaning "anchor" in Italian, marked a tabula rasa moment, erasing any...

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Milan Fashion Week: Gucci unveils the first collection designed by Sabato De Sarno

On Friday, the luxury house of Gucci unveiled one of the most eagerly awaited collections of this fashion month: the first opus imagined by Sabato De Sarno, successor to Alessandro Michele. The result: a sensual SS24 collection, reminiscent of the Tom Ford era, ex-artistic director of the Italian label. In a red-darkened half-light, the Kering...

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Gucci in transition: The debut of Sabato De Sarno and the birth of a new luxury icon

The debut of Gucci's new creative director Sabato De Sarno is considered one of the most eagerly awaited events of Milan Fashion Week. Not least because the fashion industry has had to wait almost eight months to finally catch a glimpse of the vision of the man who succeeds Alessandro Michele. De Sarno's first offering for the Italian luxury...

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Will Gucci's interim collections soon be forgotten?

At the womenswear presentations during Milan Fashion Week, Gucci last week presented its second collection without a creative lead. The fall men’s and womenswear collections, designed by the brand’s in-house studio team, received ample coverage, as Gucci remains an important advertiser to most fashion publications. Yet the reviews skewed to the...

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Gucci appoints Sabato De Sarno as creative director

Gucci’s interim phase without a creative lead has come to an end. On Friday Kering announced Sabato De Sarno as the brand’s new creative director, with his first collection to debut during Milan’s September fashion week. In a statement Kering said Mr De Sarno will report to Marco Bizzarri, Gucci President and CEO, with the responsibility for...