Fashion creative director appointments, exits and open seats
2023–2026 tracker of confirmed fashion house appointments, departures, successors, predecessors and first-collection context.
Updated: 14 July 2026
Appointment data last reviewed: 14 July 2026
Covers: 2023–2026
TheFashionDB separates confirmed appointments, departures, reported moves, vacancies and newly created roles. Speculative rumours are not listed as appointments until confirmed by a brand, company statement or reliable trade source.
Use it as a quick map of fashion’s ongoing creative reshuffle: confirmed appointments, exits, predecessors and previous roles, with links back to the brand and people pages where the longer history lives.
Appointments in 2026
Olivier Rousteing was appointed creative director of Rabanne in July 2026, succeeding Julien Dossena after his 13-year tenure. His arrival brings Balmain-scale image-making, celebrity fluency and a maximalist instinct to Puig’s metal-clad Paris house.
July 14, 2026
Standing Ground joined the official Paris Haute Couture Week calendar as an invited Guest House on 6 July 2026. The status marked an institutional expansion of the London label’s made-to-order practice, but the evidence supports neither permanent FHCM membership nor a continuing couture division.
July 6, 2026
Pieter Mulier became Chief Creative Officer of Versace on 1 July 2026 under Prada Group. No Mulier-authored collection had been released by the 14 July research cutoff.
July 1, 2026
Julien Dossena led Rabanne from 2013 to 2026, reviving the house’s metallic futurism through sharp contemporary ready-to-wear, commercial discipline and a less museum-bound reading of Paco Rabanne’s archive.
June 24, 2026
Aeffe appointed Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo joint creative directors of Moschino with immediate effect on 21 June 2026. Their first collection had not yet been presented at the research cutoff, and conflicting pre-show schedule language should not be used to assign authorship in advance.
June 21, 2026
Moschino and Adrian Appiolaza ended their relationship with immediate effect on 19 June 2026. His final completed and presented collection was Autumn/Winter 2026–27; later retail attribution documents product circulation rather than continuing employment.
June 19, 2026
Isaac Mizrahi was named Target’s first creative director at large in June 2026, returning to the retailer more than fifteen years after his influential Isaac Mizrahi for Target line ended. The newly created role positions him as an adviser across Target’s internal design operation, with a brief spanning mentorship, product innovation, storytelling, partnerships and the broader restoration of Target’s design authority.
June 15, 2026
Carven appointed Kai Nesselrath as design director in June 2026, succeeding Mark Thomas after his April departure. Nesselrath joined from Saint Laurent, where he spent almost a decade and rose to head designer of womenswear, with earlier experience at Chanel. His first runway collection for the house is scheduled for Spring/Summer 2027 at Paris Fashion Week in October.
June 8, 2026
Henry Zankov was named artistic director of Diane von Furstenberg in May 2026, taking on a newly defined role responsible for the brand’s collections and visual identity. The appointment followed his 2025 DVF capsule and earlier work at the house during Jonathan Saunders’s creative-director tenure, turning a returning alumnus into the visible creative hinge of the brand’s in-house reset under CEO Graziano di Boni.
May 27, 2026
Givenchy appointed Marco De Vincenzo head of leather goods design on 26 May 2026, working under Sarah Burton. The specialist role strengthens the current accessories structure without making him an independent creative director of the house.
May 26, 2026
Canali has appointed former Prada and Brunello Cucinelli menswear designer Alessio Lillocci as creative director, with his first collection set to debut for Spring 2027.
May 8, 2026
A.P.C. has appointed Ludivine Poiblanc as artistic director, drawing from her career as a stylist and creative director for titles including The Wall Street Journal Magazine and from advisory work on product and visual identity. She takes over after Jean and Judith Touitou’s long founder-led creative structure; Judith Touitou had been A.P.C.’s artistic director for nearly 30 years, while Jean Touitou founded the Paris label in 1987.
May 6, 2026
Jacques Marie Mage introduced its collaboration with Ackermann on 5 May 2026. The limited-edition project translated his interest in protection, exposure and tactile luxury into Japanese-made acetate, beta-titanium and leather-wrapped eyewear without establishing an Ackermann-owned eyewear line.
May 5, 2026
Prada launched the Made in India / Inspired by Kolhapuri Chappals project on 27 April 2026 after criticism of unattributed sandals in its Spring/Summer 2026 menswear show. The limited edition and training partnership introduced named Indian institutional production, while the original design-source and attribution process remain unresolved.
April 26, 2026
L’IDÉE appointed Pip Edwards to conceive, direct and style its 2026 Australian Fashion Week runway. The commission ran from the April announcement through the 14 May presentation and included music, atmosphere, layering and runway-level silhouette adjustments without transferring continuing house authorship.
April 20, 2026
Carven said Mark Thomas will leave the house at the end of April 2026 to pursue other opportunities. Thomas joined Carven in 2023 and was promoted to design director in March 2025 following Louise Trotter’s exit. The house added that its next steps would be announced later in 2026, and that its next show is planned for SS27.
April 2, 2026
Courrèges announced Drew Henry as Artistic Director on 30 March 2026, effective in May. The appointment is his first public house leadership; no credited Courrèges collection or product had appeared by 15 July 2026.
March 30, 2026
Mulberry appointed Christopher Kane Creative Director of Women’s Ready-to-Wear on 26 March 2026. The limited remit restores seasonal womenswear and runway authorship while leaving leather goods and the wider product and image system under the internal Creative Studio.
March 26, 2026
Oakley has appointed Matthew M. Williams as creative director of apparel, footwear and accessories, signalling broader ambitions across performance and lifestyle.
March 26, 2026
Courrèges announced Nicolas Di Felice’s departure on 24 March 2026, twenty days after his final credited collection. No separately documented contractual last day was published.
March 24, 2026
Zara announced a two-year creative partnership with John Galliano on 17 March 2026 to re-author its archive. Custom Galliano-for-Zara designs appeared at the May 2026 Met Gala, while the first announced commercial collection was scheduled for September.
March 17, 2026
Etro has no named creative director after Marco De Vincenzo’s mutually agreed exit, tied to a new strategic phase for the brand.
March 12, 2026
Nina Ricci has no named creative director after Harris Reed departed for his own label, Harris Reed.
March 11, 2026
By January 2026, Silvana Armani had assumed the women’s design remit within Emporio Armani. She works with Leo Dell’Orco on the coeducational collection programme without a blanket group co-creative-director title.
February 26, 2026
Jay Wilson was appointed Creative Director of Jitrois on 25 February 2026.
February 25, 2026
Tristan Van Bruwaene was appointed Creative Director of Jitrois on 25 February 2026.
February 25, 2026
Zadig & Voltaire appointed Dan Sablon as creative director. Joined from Vogue France. Replaced Cecilia Bönström.
February 24, 2026
Bally has no named creative director after Simone Bellotti departed for Jil Sander.
February 21, 2026
Noah appointed Brendon Babenzien as creative director, returning to the brand from J.Crew.
February 17, 2026
Appointments in 2025
Versace announced on 4 December 2025 that Dario Vitale would leave by mutual decision, with his departure effective on 12 December.
December 4, 2025
7 For All Mankind appointed Nicola Brognano creative director, introducing a named designer-led programme focused on denim, ready-to-wear and a more visible seasonal image.
December 3, 2025
6397 and Creative Growth Art Center staged an artist-led runway fundraiser at The NEWS on 30 October 2025. Artists customised 6397 garments for immediate sale, with all proceeds supporting Creative Growth; the collaboration later extended to Japanese distribution.
October 30, 2025
Hermès appointed Grace Wales Bonner Creative Director of Men’s Ready-to-Wear on 21 October 2025. Her first Hermès collection is scheduled for January 2027.
October 21, 2025
Bosideng appointed Kim Jones as creative director (premium line Areal). Joined from Dior. The role was newly created.
October 20, 2025
Hermès announced on 17 October 2025 that Véronique Nichanian would present her final men’s ready-to-wear collection in January 2026, closing a tenure begun in 1988.
October 17, 2025
Jil Sander revived its historical PUMA programme with King Avanti on 14 October 2025 under Simone Bellotti. K-Street followed in April 2026, confirming a continuing collaboration rather than an isolated anniversary product.
October 14, 2025
Kim Bekker was publicly confirmed as Creative Director of Isabel Marant on 1 October 2025, formalising a succession developed over several seasons.
October 1, 2025
Christian Louboutin appointed Jaden Smith as creative director (Men's). The role was newly created.
September 17, 2025
Willy Vanderperre photographed the black-and-white campaign that introduced Boloria before its first collection. The images used concealed faces, tailored silhouettes and restrained layouts to give the new house an immediate institutional identity.
September 9, 2025
Boloria publicly announced Olivier Theyskens as creative director on 9 September 2025. His position formalised a founding creative partnership developed with WEAREONE.world, although public records do not confirm a legal co-founder title or equity stake.
September 9, 2025
Proenza Schouler appointed Rachel Scott creative director on 2 September 2025. She continued to lead Diotima while taking responsibility for the house’s next creative chapter.
September 2, 2025
Riccardo Bellini became Valentino’s chief executive on 1 September 2025 after serving as managing director of Mayhoola. His mandate places the house’s turnaround and Kering–Mayhoola integration alongside Alessandro Michele’s current creative programme.
September 1, 2025
Jacopo Venturini stepped down as Valentino’s chief executive on 13 August 2025 by mutual agreement. The house cited personal reasons; the record does not attribute the departure to the company’s financial pressure or the Valentino Bags Lab court administration.
August 13, 2025
Marni appointed Meryll Rogge creative director on 15 July 2025, following Francesco Risso’s departure. She retained her independent namesake label and B.B. Wallace as separate businesses while assuming authority over Marni’s clothing, accessories, image and special projects.
July 15, 2025
Pierpaolo Piccioli is reworking Balenciaga’s sack, cocoon and gazar traditions through colour, lightness, eveningwear and a more openly human account of couture labour.
July 10, 2025
Pangaia appointed Kevin Grandal as creative director. Joined from 1017 ALYX 9SM. The appointment followed internal restructuring.
July 1, 2025
OTB announced Francesco Risso’s departure from Marni on 18 June 2025. The announcement ended his creative directorship after Fall/Winter 2025 Vol. 2, although the exact day on which his operational studio authority ceased remains unverified.
June 18, 2025
Bikkembergs partnered with Gosha Rubchinskiy on a reissue of the Soccer sneaker for Spring/Summer 2026. Presented at Pitti Uomo 108 in June 2025, the collaboration retained the archival lace-guard and studded sole while adding Cyrillic co-branding.
June 17, 2025
Dior confirmed Maria Grazia Chiuri’s departure on 29 May 2025 after the Resort 2026 presentation in Rome. The announcement closed a nine-year women’s tenure before Jonathan Anderson’s expanded mandate.
May 29, 2025
Balenciaga appointed Pierpaolo Piccioli as creative director. Joined from Valentino. Replaced Demna.
May 19, 2025
Dior appointed Jonathan Anderson artistic director of menswear on 17 April 2025. The appointment became the first stage of a broader reorganisation when women’s ready-to-wear and haute couture were added to his remit in June.
April 17, 2025
Jean Paul Gaultier appointed Duran Lantink permanent Creative Director on 15 April 2025 with responsibility for ready-to-wear and haute couture. The appointment ended the rotating guest-couture model and restored continuing named authorship across the house’s fashion programmes.
April 15, 2025
Loewe appointed Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez as joint creative directors on 24 March 2025, effective 7 April. The co-equal remit covers womenswear, menswear, leather goods, accessories and global brand image.
April 7, 2025
Mugler appointed Miguel Castro Freitas Creative Director on 25 March 2025, effective 1 April, with responsibility for all creative across Mugler fashion. The mandate is broader than David Koma’s former women’s-ready-to-wear office but does not establish control of fragrance composition or beauty development.
April 1, 2025
Dario Vitale served as Versace Chief Creative Officer from 1 April to 12 December 2025, becoming the first non-family appointee to the house-wide top creative role and presenting one collection.
April 1, 2025
Mugler announced Cadwallader’s departure on 25 March 2025, effective at the end of the month. His final collection had been Spring/Summer 2025, presented six months earlier; no Fall/Winter 2025 collection or later standing Mugler role is supported.
March 25, 2025
Loewe announced Jonathan Anderson’s departure on 17 March 2025 after the Fall/Winter 2025 presentation. His exit closed an eleven-year tenure before his move to unified artistic direction at Dior.
March 17, 2025
Kering announced in March 2025 that Demna would leave Balenciaga to become Gucci artistic director, ending a decade that had changed the house’s scale, product system and cultural position.
March 13, 2025
Versace announced on 13 March 2025 that Donatella Versace would leave the Chief Creative Officer role and become Chief Brand Ambassador effective 1 April.
March 13, 2025
Jil Sander appointed Simone Bellotti creative director with immediate effect on 10 March 2025. He arrived after leading Bally and opened his tenure through a music-led image project before presenting his first collection in September.
March 10, 2025
Carven appointed Mark Howard Thomas as director of design. The appointment followed internal restructuring. Replaced Louise Trotter.
March 9, 2025
Appointments in 2024
Kering announced Matthieu Blazy’s succession by Louise Trotter on 12 December 2024. The date marks the public transition, while Blazy’s effective final day remains unresolved and his final runway and final public release stay in the Collections chronology.
December 12, 2024
Bottega Veneta announced Louise Trotter as its next Creative Director on 12 December 2024. Kering stated that she would join at the end of January 2025, so the announcement is kept separate from her operational start.
December 12, 2024
Chanel announced Matthieu Blazy as artistic director of fashion activities on 12 December 2024. The appointment gave him authority across couture, ready-to-wear and accessories, with an effective studio start delayed until April 2025.
December 12, 2024
Maison Margiela announced the end of John Galliano’s tenure on 11 December 2024. His final runway collection had been the Spring/Summer 2024 Artisanal presentation beneath Pont Alexandre III, closing a decade in which couture became the house’s principal research and image-making engine.
December 11, 2024
Dries Van Noten appointed Julian Klausner creative director for womenswear and menswear in December 2024. Klausner had joined the studio in 2018 and led womenswear before assuming responsibility for the house’s collections and wider brand identity.
December 9, 2024
Alberta Ferretti appointed Lorenzo Serafini as creative director. Joined from Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini. Replaced Alberta Ferretti.
October 15, 2024
Missoni appointed Alberto Caliri as creative director. The appointment followed internal restructuring. Replaced Filippo Grazioli.
October 3, 2024
Celine announced Hedi Slimane’s departure on 2 October 2024, closing a tenure that had expanded the house into menswear, in-house fragrance, bespoke leather goods, beauty and a highly controlled retail-image system.
October 2, 2024
Celine named Michael Rider as Hedi Slimane’s successor, effective early 2025. Rider’s earlier decade in Phoebe Philo’s studio made the appointment a return to the house as well as a change in leadership.
October 2, 2024
Givenchy announced Sarah Burton as creative director on 9 September 2024, with responsibility for women’s and men’s collections. The appointment event supports the current tenure row but does not create a second people-card relationship.
September 9, 2024
Sarah Burton became creative director of Givenchy women’s and men’s collections on 9 September 2024. By 12 July 2026 she had presented three women’s runways and one public menswear collection; no official seasonal Givenchy couture collection under her direction had been confirmed.
September 9, 2024
Y/Project publicly announced Glenn Martens’s departure on 6 September 2024. The chronology does not prove that his exit caused the company’s insolvency or that insolvency caused the departure; no interim creative director or authorised studio successor was documented.
September 6, 2024
Uniqlo appointed Clare Waight Keller as creative director. The appointment followed internal restructuring.
September 4, 2024
Haider Ackermann became Tom Ford creative director on 4 September 2024, responsible for menswear, womenswear, accessories and the wider brand vision. Based in Paris, he shifted the house from literal founder-era continuity toward precise tailoring, saturated colour and restrained sensuality.
September 4, 2024
Tom Ford announced Peter Hawkings’s immediate departure on 22 July 2024 after a brief succession tenure. The studio completed the Spring/Summer 2025 womenswear delivery while the company prepared a new external appointment.
July 22, 2024
Mugler and Gentle Monster launched the Spiral 01 and Spiral 02 eyewear styles on 18 July 2024, joining Cadwallader’s spiral construction to a reference from the 1997 Les Insectes archive. The campaign involved Theo Liu, Colin Jones and Georgia Palmer. It was a two-style collaboration rather than evidence of continuous in-house eyewear manufacture.
July 18, 2024
Lanvin announced Peter Copping as Artistic Director on 27 June 2024, effective from September. His mandate covers women’s and men’s collections and remains active at the research cutoff.
June 27, 2024
A G-Star RAW collaboration within Spring/Summer 2025 introduced glue-bonded, stitchless denim construction. The project used industrial material knowledge to develop new garment assembly rather than applying a co-branded surface to existing shapes.
June 19, 2024
Chanel announced Virginie Viard’s departure on 5 June 2024, ending her tenure as artistic director of fashion collections. The house did not name an immediate successor and transferred authorship to the Fashion Creation Studio.
June 5, 2024
Calvin Klein appointed Veronica Leoni as Creative Director of Collection on 30 May 2024. Her remit is the Collection line, not the Calvin Klein mainline as a whole.
May 30, 2024
Canada Goose appointed Ackermann as its first creative director on 15 May 2024. Based in Paris and working alongside chairman and CEO Dani Reiss, he introduced the recurring Snow Goose platform while the exact extent of his authority over the mainline remained publicly undefined.
May 15, 2024
ADERERROR and Bang & Olufsen released The Blueism in 2024 around a Z-Blue Beosound A1. A circular leather bag made the speaker wearable, an aluminium stand changed its domestic placement, and a Seoul installation with Nils Völker joined product design to sound and kinetic space.
April 10, 2024
Lanvin Lab documented Erwin Wurm’s Desire on 10 April 2024 as the platform’s next art chapter. The touring sculpture project extended the programme beyond clothing without making Wurm a fashion director or turning the work into a seasonal collection.
April 10, 2024
Bulgari appointed Mary Katrantzou as creative director (leather and accessories). The role was newly created. Joined from Mary Katrantzou.
April 2, 2024
Valentino announced Alessandro Michele as creative director on 28 March 2024, with responsibility for womenswear, menswear, haute couture and accessories effective 2 April. His appointment introduced a rapid archival and visual reset after Piccioli’s departure.
March 28, 2024
Pierpaolo Piccioli and Valentino announced the end of their collaboration on 22 March 2024. The departure closed a continuous twenty-five-year relationship spanning accessories, joint creative direction and his solo tenure.
March 22, 2024
Samuel Ross announced his departure after Tomorrow Ltd acquired full ownership of A-COLD-WALL* in February 2024.
February 20, 2024
Coty and Marni announced a long-term beauty licence on 6 February 2024, covering the development, production and distribution of fragrances and cosmetics beyond 2040. The first offering was planned for 2026, but no product launch had been verified by the July 2026 research cutoff.
February 6, 2024
1972 DESA appointed Ivana Omazic as creative director in 2024; the role remained documented through the label’s Autumn/Winter 2026–27 collection.
February 6, 2024
Gap Inc. appointed Zac Posen as creative director. Joined from Zac Posen. The role was newly created.
February 5, 2024
Marcolin announced on 30 January 2024 that its exclusive worldwide Zegna eyewear agreement had renewed through 31 December 2030, covering design, manufacture and distribution.
January 30, 2024
This legacy announcement row duplicated the consolidated Appiolaza appointment and tenure record. It is archived while its Webflow identity is preserved.
January 30, 2024
Adrian Appiolaza began work as Moschino creative director on 11 January 2024 and was publicly announced on 30 January with responsibility for women’s, men’s and accessories. He directed the house through Autumn/Winter 2026–27 and left effective 19 June 2026.
January 11, 2024
Giorgio Armani and Kith released The Archetype, a four-part menswear and accessories project made in Italy. The collaboration joined Armani tailoring to Kith’s retail and product system without transferring design credit to its campaign cast.
2024
Appointments in 2023
Rochas appointed Alessandro Vigilante as creative director. Joined from Gucci. Replaced Charles de Vilmorin.
December 4, 2023
Tod's appointed Matteo Tamburini as creative director. Joined from Bottega Veneta. Replaced Walter Chiapponi.
December 1, 2023
Tod’s appointed Matteo Tamburini creative director of women’s and men’s collections on 1 December 2023. He remains in the role through the research cutoff, directing a unified system with separate seasonal presentation calendars.
December 1, 2023
Givenchy announced Matthew M. Williams’s departure on 30 November 2023, effective at the end of the year. The employment endpoint is distinct from the timing of his final commercial deliveries.
November 30, 2023
Y/Project appointed Pascal Conte-Jodra operational chief executive on 22 November 2023 with a remit spanning growth, international distribution, sustainability and work with Glenn Martens. On the same date, IN-CARNATION converted from an SARL to an SAS without creating a new legal person, introduced president, directoire and supervisory-board structures, and appointed Gilles Elalouf company president; Conte-Jodra left during summer 2024.
November 22, 2023
Blumarine appointed Walter Chiapponi as creative director. Joined from Tod's. Replaced Nicola Brognano.
November 1, 2023
Burberry announced a Winter 2023 footwear collaboration with Tricker’s on 30 October 2023. Burberry supplied the design and the Northampton shoemaker supplied specialist manufacture, demonstrating category collaboration without turning Tricker’s into a division or assigning factory authorship to Lee.
October 30, 2023
Pilati became the inaugural guest of Friends of Fendi, a finite project initiated by Kim Jones and Silvia Venturini Fendi. The Winter 2023–24 collection crossed men’s and women’s wardrobes and received its official commercial release on 26 October 2023.
October 26, 2023
Blumarine and Nicola Brognano ended their collaboration after four years.
October 19, 2023
Aeffe announced Davide Renne as Moschino creative director on 16 October 2023, with responsibility for women’s, men’s and accessories. His effective start was set for 1 November and his planned debut for February 2024.
October 16, 2023
Chloé appointed Chemena Kamali as creative director. Joined from Saint Laurent. Replaced Gabriela Hearst.
October 9, 2023
Richemont announced that Chemena Kamali joined Chloé as creative director on 9 October 2023. Her current programme draws across the founder era, both Lagerfeld periods, late-1990s tailoring and early-2000s accessories without reducing the house to a single revival.
October 9, 2023
Axiom Space and Prada announced a technical collaboration on the AxEMU lunar spacesuit on 4 October 2023. Prada contributed material and product-development expertise to the outer and inner layers, producing an engineering project rather than a fashion collection or extension of runway authorship.
October 3, 2023
Alexander McQueen announced Seán McGirr as creative director on 3 October 2023, following Sarah Burton’s final collection. The announcement preceded his effective start in December.
October 3, 2023
Moschino divided its fortieth-anniversary runway into four ten-look chapters by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Lucia Liu and Katie Grand. The one-season guest mandate made the temporary distribution of authorship explicit while the house remained without a permanent creative director.
September 21, 2023
Lelio Gavazza became chief executive of TOM FORD FASHION in September 2023 with responsibility for collection development, merchandising, production, retail and wholesale. He leads the Zegna-operated fashion business and is one of Haider Ackermann’s two reporting principals, alongside TOM FORD President and CEO Guillaume Jesel.
September 18, 2023
Alexander McQueen announced the end of Sarah Burton’s tenure on 11 September 2023. Her departure concluded a twenty-six-year relationship with the house and preceded her final runway collection later that month.
September 11, 2023
Tremaine Emory resigned as Supreme creative director, publicly citing systemic racism and disputes over a shelved project.
August 30, 2023
Fiorucci appointed Francesca Murri as artistic director. The appointment followed internal restructuring.
August 2, 2023
Zegna signed a new fragrance licence with Give Back Beauty on 26 July 2023. The agreement established the operator behind the current fragrance phase and the later Memorie collection.
July 26, 2023
Tod’s announced on 12 July 2023 that Walter Chiapponi would leave by mutual agreement after presenting Spring–Summer 2024 womenswear. Public creative work continued through the final runway on 22 September.
July 12, 2023
Chloé confirmed on 6 July 2023 that Gabriela Hearst would leave after presenting Spring/Summer 2024. The final show took place on 28 September, closing her creative-director tenure while the house retained the institutional systems developed during it.
July 6, 2023
Ann Demeulemeester promoted Stefano Gallici from the menswear studio to creative director in June 2023. His appointment restored an internal design lead and introduced a more distressed, utility-led version of the house’s rock romanticism.
June 1, 2023
Appointed as design director following Rhuigi Villaseñor’s exit. Joined from Gucci.
May 31, 2023
Ludovic de Saint Sernin left Ann Demeulemeester in May 2023 after one collection. The departure ended one of the house’s shortest creative-director tenures and returned responsibility to the internal team.
May 21, 2023
Bally and Rhuigi Villaseñor parted ways in May 2023.
May 16, 2023
Mugler H&M launched globally on 11 May 2023 across women’s, men’s and accessories, combining Cadwallader’s spiral, illusion and body-conscious systems with remakes of founder-era designs. Torso directed the campaign film and a group of musicians reworked the house anthem. The collaboration’s menswear did not constitute the launch of continuous mainline Mugler menswear.
May 11, 2023
Helmut Lang appointed Peter Do as artistic director. The appointment marked a renewed push to reactivate the house on the runway.
May 10, 2023
The Estée Lauder Companies appointed Guillaume Jesel president and chief executive of Tom Ford at the acquisition close. His mandate covers the overarching brand and coordination of its beauty, fashion and eyewear operators.
April 28, 2023
Peter Hawkings was appointed creative director at the acquisition close after seventeen years leading Tom Ford menswear. His remit covered womenswear, menswear, accessories and fashion shows until his departure on 22 July 2024.
April 28, 2023
Lanvin confirmed Bruno Sialelli’s departure on 14 April 2023 as part of a broader creative reorganisation. The change ended unified personal authority and introduced parallel studio and programme structures.
April 14, 2023
Dunhill appointed Simon Holloway as creative director. Joined from James Purdey & Sons. Replaced Mark Weston.
April 12, 2023
Charles de Vilmorin’s contract at Rochas ended on 31 March 2023.
March 31, 2023
Aeffe announced on 20 March 2023 that its agreement with Jeremy Scott would not be renewed. Moschino’s design office assumed creative direction effective April, while products from Scott’s final Autumn/Winter 2023–24 collection continued through the normal retail cycle.
March 20, 2023
Carven appointed Louise Trotter as creative director. The appointment followed internal restructuring. Joined from Lacoste.
February 22, 2023
Louis Vuitton appointed Pharrell Williams as creative director (Men's). Replaced Virgil Abloh.
February 14, 2023
Lacoste appointed Pelagia Kolotouros as creative director. Joined from Adidas. Replaced Louise Trotter.
February 6, 2023
ADERERROR began collaborating with Converse in January 2023, dismantling and rebuilding the Chuck 70 through dual laces, cut canvas, altered patches and rewritten foxing. By 2025, the recurrent partnership had been integrated into Significant, connecting an external footwear project to ADERERROR’s confirmed contemporary line.
January 28, 2023
Gucci appointed Sabato De Sarno creative director on 28 January 2023. His remit covered menswear, womenswear, leather goods, accessories and image; the Ancora debut followed in September, and the house ended the collaboration on 5 February 2025.
January 28, 2023
ROBERT WUN entered the official Paris Haute Couture Week calendar as an FHCM Guest House in January 2023. The appointment made Wun the first designer from Hong Kong to join the calendar. The London-based house remains in the Guest House category, distinct from permanent and corresponding haute couture members.
January 26, 2023
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