Gucci is changing skin. Or is it?
Alessandro Michele suddenly exited his role as creative director of Gucci in November, leaving a trail of query marks about what happened behind closed doors and the longer term of the Italian luxury brand. Its recent path and, potentially, yet one more textbook reinvention are objects of much speculation, as no successor has been named in the interim.
In response to WWD sources, strong disagreements over the longer term of the brand caused a rift between Michele and president and chief executive officer Marco Bizzarri, who had championed the designer since naming him creative director of the brand in January 2015.
It is known Bizzarri and François-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of Gucci’s parent Kering, urged...
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