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Valentino announced Alessandro Michele, who had spent eight years as Gucci's creative director before leaving in late 2022, as its new creative director, succeeding Pierpaolo Piccioli after his 25-year run at the house.

Givenchy named Sarah Burton, who spent two decades as Alexander McQueen's creative director before stepping down in 2023, as its new creative director, effective immediately, to oversee both the women's and men's lines.

Alessandro Michele staged his debut Valentino runway show at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, a maximalist Spring/Summer 2025 ready-to-wear collection blending Gucci-era exuberance with Valentino's own archive, including its signature red gowns reworked with feathers and lingerie layering.

Celine named Michael Rider, previously creative director of Ralph Lauren's Polo line and a former decade-long design director at Celine under Phoebe Philo, as its new creative director, replacing Hedi Slimane after his seven-year run.

Chanel appointed Matthieu Blazy, previously creative director of Bottega Veneta, as its new artistic director of fashion, succeeding Virginie Viard and becoming only the fourth designer to lead the house after Gabrielle Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld and Viard.

OTB-owned Maison Margiela named Glenn Martens, already creative director of Diesel and formerly of Y/Project until its January 2025 closure, as its new creative director, succeeding John Galliano after his ten-year run at the house.

LVMH's former chief financial officer Jean-Jacques Guiony became President and CEO of Moët Hennessy, the group's wines-and-spirits division, succeeding Philippe Schaus after 21 years with the group.

Sarah Burton presented her debut Givenchy collection at the house's historic Avenue George V salon in Paris, a Fall/Winter 2025 womenswear show built around rediscovered pattern pieces from founder Hubert de Givenchy's own archive.

Kering and Gucci announce that Demna, Balenciaga's artistic director since 2015, will become Gucci's new Artistic Director starting early July 2025, succeeding Sabato De Sarno, whose collaboration with the house ended in February.

Versace and Capri Holdings named Dario Vitale, previously design and image director at Miu Miu, as Chief Creative Officer, effective April 1, 2025, making him the first person outside the Versace family to lead the house; Donatella Versace moved into a new Chief Brand Ambassador role.

Loewe named Proenza Schouler founders Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez as its new co-creative directors, effective April 7, 2025, succeeding Jonathan Anderson, who had led the Spanish house for eleven years before departing the week before.

Dior announced Jonathan Anderson as creative director of its women's, men's and haute couture collections, the first time one designer has held all three since Christian Dior himself; he succeeds Maria Grazia Chiuri on womenswear.

Frédéric Arnault, Bernard Arnault's youngest son and the former CEO of LVMH Watches, became CEO of Loro Piana, his first role in the group's fashion and leather goods division, succeeding Damien Bertrand.

Jonathan Anderson presented his first Dior collection, the men's spring-summer 2026 line, in a specially built showspace at the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, drawing on 18th-century paintings by Jean Siméon Chardin loaned by the Louvre.

Michael Rider presented his debut Celine collection in the courtyard of the house's Paris headquarters on rue Vivienne, a 72-look Spring/Summer 2026 womenswear collection blending Phoebe Philo-era tailoring with Hedi Slimane-era slim leather pieces and equestrian-print nods to founder Celine Vipiana.

Glenn Martens presented his debut Maison Margiela Artisanal couture show at Centquatre-Paris, a former municipal building in the 19th arrondissement, sourcing vintage garments from Paris bargain bins and dressing models in masks of feathers, lace and mirror shards to preserve their anonymity.

Pierpaolo Piccioli, Valentino's creative director for a quarter-century, becomes Balenciaga's creative director on 10 July 2025, succeeding Demna, who moves to Gucci; Kering announced the move on 19 May.

Dario Vitale unveiled his debut Versace collection in an intimate event at Milan's Pinacoteca Ambrosiana during Milan Fashion Week, a full-throttle return to the overtly sexualized Versace of the 1980s and 1990s staged inside a stylised, lived-in palazzo rather than a traditional runway.

Jonathan Anderson showed his debut Dior womenswear collection, spring-summer 2026, in a temporary white structure built in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, reworking archive pieces such as the 1947 Bar jacket to a standing ovation.

Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez staged their debut Loewe womenswear show in the gardens of the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, a Spanish-rooted Spring/Summer 2026 collection of leather minidresses, flamenco-inspired maxi dresses and beachwear-turned-eveningwear.

Versace announced that Dario Vitale would leave his role as creative director by mutual agreement, only months after his acclaimed September debut collection and shortly after Prada Group completed its acquisition of the house from Capri Holdings.

Versace confirmed Pieter Mulier, who had just left Alaïa after five years as its creative director, as Dario Vitale's successor, ending the vacancy left by Vitale's December 2025 dismissal; no date for his debut show has been set.