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Alexander McQueen Label Will Survive, Fall 2010 Collection to be Presented During Paris Fashion Week
Alexander McQueen Label Will Survive, Fall 2010 Collection to be Presented During Paris Fashion Week February 18, 2010 8:29 am Chief executive officer of Gucci Group, Robert Polet announced this morning that despite the suicide last week of its founder and creative director, the Alexander McQueen business will go on.
First Look: Gucci's New Couture Line, Gucci Premiere
Gucci's New Couture Line, Gucci Premiere May 12, 2010 12:31 pm >> Although Gucci declined comment back in January when rumor went around that Frida Giannini was working on a debut couture collection for the brand, it appears the rumors were true.
Gareth Pugh Denies Alexander McQueen Succession Talks
Gareth Pugh Denies Alexander McQueen Succession Talks March 8, 2010 7:50 am >> Much speculation has identified Gareth Pugh and Olivier Theyskens as two possible frontrunners to take over creative direction of Alexander McQueen's label, and over the weekend, the Telegraph UK reported that Gucci Group owner PPR had indicated Pugh as the desired successor.Last night, however, Pugh's PR company, Mandi Lennard Publicity, issued a statement in rebuttal: "To speculative reports earlier this week, Gareth Pugh is not in discussions with Gucci Group about a Creative Director role at Alexander McQueen."Meanwhile, the last collection McQueen worked on — which is believed to have been mostly finished before his death — will be shown in "a series of low-key, private, salon presentations this week," the Telegraph UK notes.
February 13, 2010 1:11 am >> Alexander McQueen Samples Recalled, Speculation on Company's Future Rises —This morning, Alexander McQueen's director of communications sent out an urgent message requesting all samples be sent back "asap" because securing "all items and garments from current and past collections" is their "immediate priority."  Gucci Group remains mum on the future of McQueen the company — save CEO Robert Polet's emailed statement on the subject, which read: "What I can say is that there is a team at Alexander McQueen that has enormous talent and energy and passion that Lee was extremely proud of and I am too."
Things Hussein Chalayan Dislikes: Models-Turned-Designers and the Term "Avant-Garde"
Models-Turned-Designers and the Term "Avant-Garde" July 30, 2009 1:54 pm >> Hussein Chalayan admits that he's a "designer's designer," which is probably why he told WWD he's "weirded out by" models-turned-designers. This isn't anything new — in February of last year, he informed the Independent UK that he found Kate Moss designing "kind of insulting .