It is the end of the Renaissance that Alessandro Michele brought to the dwindling creativity at Gucci. On November 23rd, 2022, Gucci broke the news that Michele will not be the creative director anymore. The parent company, Kering, announced the departure of the creative giant from the brand. Alessandro was promoted from the head of accessories to the creative director in 2015 which shook the fashion industry.
The news started to sprout when Women’s Wear Daily Magazine informed that he could depart from the brand on Wednesday. One of the sources informed the news portal that the brand wanted him “to initiate a strong design shift”. The glorious seven years that Michele had changed the brand’s sensibility from sexual, and sensual to identity-based. Now, he bids adieu to the brand.
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François-Henri Pinault Says That Alessandro Michele Has Put Gucci On Centre Stage
On Wednesday, the parent group of Gucci, Kering, made it official that Alessandro has relinquished his role as a creative director. After a day of speculation, the CEO and chairman of the Kering Group, François-Henri Pinault released a statement extending his gratitude. He said, “The road that Gucci and Alessandro walked together over the past years is unique and will remain as an outstanding moment in the history of the House.”
Pinault continued, “I am grateful to Alessandro for bringing so much of himself in this adventure. His passion, his imagination, his ingenuity, and his culture put Gucci center stage, where its place is. I wish him a great next chapter in his creative journey.”
Marco Bizzari, the CEO of Gucci was the one to appoint him as the creative director in 2015 when his predecessors were fired. Bidding him adieu, he said, “I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet Alessandro at the end of 2014, since then we have had the pleasure to work closely together as Gucci has charted its successful path over these last eight years.”
For his contribution, Marco thanked him saying, “I would like to thank him for his 20 years of commitment to Gucci and for his vision, devotion, and unconditional love for this unique House during his tenure as Creative Director.”
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The Creative Tour De Force Is Exiting After Twenty Years
Michele officially will step down from his duties as creative director at Gucci after boosting the brand and putting it back on the map. It was 2015, after Tom Ford, Frida Giannini took the reins and continued the creative efforts to make Gucci the label that Tom Ford revamped.
After the 1990s sexual, controversial, and testosterone-filled era, Frida brought sensuality and intimacy. But, when she was fired by François, the new CEO at Gucci hired Alessandro Michele.
The new, young, hip creative had less than a week to put a show together for the 2015 Fashion Week. In that span, he created something that became an identity that was attached to the brand since—an eccentricity that was entwined with fluid identity. He brought a financial boost to the brand as well. Michele tripled the revenue from $40 billion to $10 billion.
In his statement, he cited “different perspectives” as the reason for his departure. He said, “Today an extraordinary journey ends for me, lasting more than twenty years, within a company to which I have tirelessly dedicated all my love and creative passion. During this long period Gucci has been my home, my adopted family.”
He continued, “To this extended family, to all the individuals who have looked after and supported it, I send my most sincere thanks, my biggest and most heartfelt embrace. Together with them I have wished, dreamed, imagined. Without them, none of what I have built would have been possible.”
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