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.


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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Why Gucci Decided to Support Gun Control
The Italian mega-brand has been directly impacted by mass shootings.

Why Gucci Decided to Support Gun Control
The Italian mega-brand has been directly impacted by mass shootings.

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.

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.




