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Frida Giannini

Former Creative Director, Gucci

The accessories specialist kept Gucci growing with commercial hits. She exited the brand in January 2015.

Frida Giannini
Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Abercrombie CEO Out, Gucci Changes Management, Cerruti Names CEO

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


Luxury

Gucci Parts Ways With Giannini in Bid to Regain Lost Exclusivity

Gucci’s longtime creative director Frida Giannini is leaving, a victim of her own success after her designs became too popular to retain the exclusive cachet their price tags demand.

Luxury

Gucci Parts Ways With Giannini in Bid to Regain Lost Exclusivity

Gucci’s longtime creative director Frida Giannini is leaving, a victim of her own success after her designs became too popular to retain the exclusive cachet their price tags demand.


Global Markets

Kering Shakes Up Gucci Management to Boost Brand

Kering named luxury couture and leather goods division head Marco Bizzarri as the new chief executive of Gucci from January as it seeks to reverse declining sales at the Italian fashion brand.

Global Markets

Kering Shakes Up Gucci Management to Boost Brand

Kering named luxury couture and leather goods division head Marco Bizzarri as the new chief executive of Gucci from January as it seeks to reverse declining sales at the Italian fashion brand.


News & Analysis

Frida Giannini and Patrizio di Marco to Exit Gucci

PARIS, France — Kering SA said Gucci Chief Executive Officer Patrizio di Marco and Creative Director Frida Giannini plan to leave the fashion maker's

News & Analysis

Frida Giannini and Patrizio di Marco to Exit Gucci

PARIS, France — Kering SA said Gucci Chief Executive Officer Patrizio di Marco and Creative Director Frida Giannini plan to leave the fashion maker's


Global Markets

Gucci Needs New Ideas, Talents to Combat Brand Fatigue

Gucci holds the luxury spending downturn mainly responsible for its poor performance but the Italian fashion brand may also have itself to blame, suggesting it could be time to change strategy and hire fresh talent.

Global Markets

Gucci Needs New Ideas, Talents to Combat Brand Fatigue

Gucci holds the luxury spending downturn mainly responsible for its poor performance but the Italian fashion brand may also have itself to blame, suggesting it could be time to change strategy and hire fresh talent.


News & Analysis

Week in Review | #BoF500, Young Designer Investment Targets, Hermès, Michael Gordon, Frida Giannini, Goodhood

MILAN, Italy — Earlier this week, an amazing cross-section of the BoF community gathered at the London Edition hotel to celebrate the second annual

News & Analysis

Week in Review | #BoF500, Young Designer Investment Targets, Hermès, Michael Gordon, Frida Giannini, Goodhood

MILAN, Italy — Earlier this week, an amazing cross-section of the BoF community gathered at the London Edition hotel to celebrate the second annual


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini and more.


Fashion Week

Gucci's Frida Giannini, Change Agent

Courtesy of our friends at Surface magazine, BoF brings you an in-depth conversation with Gucci creative director Frida Giannini, who continues to push the Italian house forward by emphasising teamwork and smart growth.

Fashion Week

Gucci's Frida Giannini, Change Agent

Courtesy of our friends at Surface magazine, BoF brings you an in-depth conversation with Gucci creative director Frida Giannini, who continues to push the Italian house forward by emphasising teamwork and smart growth.


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Italian Fashion, Digital Retail, Kenya

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Italian fashion, digital and physical retail, and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Italian Fashion, Digital Retail, Kenya

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Italian fashion, digital and physical retail, and more.


News & Analysis

Mr Ralph Lauren and the Ultimate Changing of the Guard

In our next instalment of Cover Stories, we explore the legacy of Mr Ralph Lauren — head of America’s first fashion family and the cover star of Port magazine’s Summer 2014 issue — and the inevitable question that every founder-led company faces: how to plan for succession, that ultimate changing of the guard?

News & Analysis

Mr Ralph Lauren and the Ultimate Changing of the Guard

In our next instalment of Cover Stories, we explore the legacy of Mr Ralph Lauren — head of America’s first fashion family and the cover star of Port magazine’s Summer 2014 issue — and the inevitable question that every founder-led company faces: how to plan for succession, that ultimate changing of the guard?


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