Pierpaolo Piccioli, who left Valentino final 12 months, is the brand new artistic director of the enduring vogue home Balenciaga, dad or mum firm Kering introduced Monday (Could 19).
He replaces Demna, who joined Balenciaga in 2015 and has since moved to Gucci in a shake-up of Kering’s creative stable. Gucci can also be owned by Kering. Piccioli takes over at Balenciaga on Jul 10.
“What I’m receiving is a model filled with potentialities that’s extremely fascinating. I need to initially thank Demna; I’ve at all times admired his expertise and imaginative and prescient. I couldn’t ask for a greater passing of the torch,” Piccioli stated in an organization assertion.
He’ll head womenswear, menswear, equipment and couture on the Paris-based home.
Demna, who goes by one identify, was not with out controversy, typically taking over political and social problems with the day. Piccioli is seen as extra of a romantic than a disrupter.
