Alessandro Michele helmed the House of Gucci for the past seven years, almost eight as creative director, and has been with the brand for twenty years. Today he stepped down and Kering broke the news. His story is a rare one in that he rose through the ranks of the company, seeing other creative directors come and go. Yet, being relatively unknown in the industry he got the top creative job himself. The unknowns can be rare in fashion as those making the decisions don’t take risks on lesser known designers to helm the creative direction. As of now, Gucci has not named a successor as these things take
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