MILAN – Is Gucci set for one more textbook reinvention?
Time will tell, but on Saturday morning, Gucci and parent company Kering took the industry by surprise, naming Sabato De Sarno the Italian brand’s latest creative director. His first show for the brand will bow in September.
His name may not ring a bell to those outside the inner fashion circle and he was never rumoured to be within the run to succeed Alessandro Michele, who exited last November, but he joins from Valentino.
Raised in Naples and based in Rome, he began his profession at Prada in 2005, moving to Dolce & Gabbana, before joining Valentino in 2009, where he held positions of accelerating responsibility, finally being appointed fashion director overseeing each men’s and girls’s...
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