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Alessandro Michele

Creative Director, Valentino

The surprise choice for Gucci creative director re-energised the historic house in a matter of months and now he is set to take the helm at Valentino.

Alessandro Michele
Fashion Week

Gucci, Chanel Among Fashion Month's Instagram Winners

New data from the video and photo sharing app unveils the most buzzed about brands and models over the Autumn/Winter 2018 season.

Fashion Week

Gucci, Chanel Among Fashion Month's Instagram Winners

New data from the video and photo sharing app unveils the most buzzed about brands and models over the Autumn/Winter 2018 season.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2018

From a fashion month full of thought-provoking moments, BoF picks the top ten shows of the season.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2018

From a fashion month full of thought-provoking moments, BoF picks the top ten shows of the season.


Luxury

Who Will Dress the Philophiles?

Fans and retailers alike reckon with the reality of a post-Phoebe Philo Céline, signalling opportunity for brands who could fill the gap.

Luxury

Who Will Dress the Philophiles?

Fans and retailers alike reckon with the reality of a post-Phoebe Philo Céline, signalling opportunity for brands who could fill the gap.


China

Chinese Consumers Spent $146 Billion Over Spring Festival

As China ushered in the Year of the Dog with a flurry of spending, who were the biggest winners and losers? BoF investigates in this month's China Edit.

China

Chinese Consumers Spent $146 Billion Over Spring Festival

As China ushered in the Year of the Dog with a flurry of spending, who were the biggest winners and losers? BoF investigates in this month's China Edit.


News & Analysis

What Gucci's Gun Stance Says About the End of Corporate Neutrality

Neutrality on political issues was once the norm, but millennial spending power and political polarisation mean it's now riskier to be neutral than to take a stance.

News & Analysis

What Gucci's Gun Stance Says About the End of Corporate Neutrality

Neutrality on political issues was once the norm, but millennial spending power and political polarisation mean it's now riskier to be neutral than to take a stance.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | ​Another Season, Another Cultural Appropriation Controversy

In the wake of Gucci's Sikh turban uproar, the cultural appropriation debate needs a reboot, argues Anu Lingala.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | ​Another Season, Another Cultural Appropriation Controversy

In the wake of Gucci's Sikh turban uproar, the cultural appropriation debate needs a reboot, argues Anu Lingala.


Fashion Week

In Milan, the Burdens and Fantastical Flights of History

In Italy, the weight of the history can be unbearable, but Moncler and Gucci found ways to disrupt the past and give birth to the future.

Fashion Week

In Milan, the Burdens and Fantastical Flights of History

In Italy, the weight of the history can be unbearable, but Moncler and Gucci found ways to disrupt the past and give birth to the future.


Fashion Week

A Plurality of Women at Marni

There is a fundamental naiveté in Francesco Risso’s approach, as well as an effort to impose order on chaos, like a kid making sense of the world.

Fashion Week

A Plurality of Women at Marni

There is a fundamental naiveté in Francesco Risso’s approach, as well as an effort to impose order on chaos, like a kid making sense of the world.


News & Analysis

Why Gucci Decided to Support Gun Control

The Italian mega-brand has been directly impacted by mass shootings.

News & Analysis

Why Gucci Decided to Support Gun Control

The Italian mega-brand has been directly impacted by mass shootings.


Fashion Week

Gucci's Glorious Pipe Dream

It was Alessandro Michele’s most confounding excursion yet, one that made connections between the distant past, troubled present and a future in which the designer insists on optimism.

Fashion Week

Gucci's Glorious Pipe Dream

It was Alessandro Michele’s most confounding excursion yet, one that made connections between the distant past, troubled present and a future in which the designer insists on optimism.


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The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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