Kering: new creative director at Alexander McQueen
October 03, 2023 at 12:22 pm
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The Kering group (which includes Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo, Qeelin, Ginori 1735, as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté) has announced the appointment of Seán McGirr as Creative Director at Alexander McQueen.
Previously, Seán McGirr was Ready-to-Wear Director at JW Anderson, which he joined in 2020, initially to manage the Men's collections, and later to take on responsibility for the Women's collections.
Previously, he was Women's Designer for Dries Van Noten in Antwerp. From 2014 to 2018, he was part of Uniqlo's creative teams in Tokyo and Paris, working for Christophe Lemaire's Men's collections.
' Alexander McQueen is a House that we love passionately, and we are convinced that Seán McGirr will be able to perpetuate its identity by breathing new creative life into it,' emphasized François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering.
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A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion, Leather Goods, and Jewelry: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo, Qeelin, Ginori 1735, as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté.
By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy, Kering enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow's Luxury in a sustainable and responsible way. It captures these beliefs in its signature: Empowering Imagination.
In 2023, Kering had 48,964 employees and restated revenue of EUR 19.6 billion.
At the end of 2023, the Group had a network of 1,771 stores under its own management, located primarily in Western Europe (367), North America (316), Japan (238), and in emerging countries (698).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Western Europe (27.6%), Japan (7.2%), Asia/Pacific (35%), North America (23%) and other (7.2%).
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