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Sarah’s the New Creative Director for McQueen

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By Nwinkus, June 4, 2010 5:56 pm

Alexander-McQueen&Sarah_J_ParkerSarah Burton, has a large pair of shoes to fill in becoming the creative director of the brand. The parent company Gucci Group which owns 51% of the McQueen brand, announced that Burton will supervise the creative direction and development of all collections of the brand going forwards. Burton, 35, was born in Manchester, began working for the late designer, in 1996, while she was in her final year at Central St. Martins – McQueen’s own alma mater. She was appointed head of women’s wear design in 2000, and was working closely with the designer right up until his untimely death by suicide, in February. due to this she probably knows McQueen professionaly as well as anyone as she worked wit him for 14 years. we wish her the best of luck but she might not need it,  as she is as safe a pair of hands as the brand could get.

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Gucci’s Sneaker Tour

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By Nwinkus, August 6, 2009 4:37 pm

MRonson_V_05Aug09_PR_240x360ALL aboard for Gucci’s limited edition sneaker tour. The luxury fashion label is launching Gucci Icon-Temporary, a flash sneaker store that will hit the sartorial road in October – with a little help from Mark Ronson.

The music artist has joined forces with Gucci creative director Frida Giannini to design a limited edition collection of Gucci Ronson sneakers which, as the tour takes hold, will each be introduced at a new destination.

“From the moment I first sat down with Mark we connected. He has a great eye for design and an amazing knowledge of sneaker history. He is an artist whose influence is cross-cultural and cross-generational,” explains Giannini – who has created the Gucci Icon-Temporary store design.

“I spent many, many years as an avid sneaker collector, so I wanted to make sure these Gucci shoes were truly special, both from an aesthetic point of view and a collectible one,” Ronson explains, noting that: “Frida and I also agreed it was important for there to be a unique musical element to the project, so I’m going to be collaborating with artists, making limited edition tracks for each store opening.”

Incorporating the classic Gucci GG logo, the collection features 16 styles for men and two for women and comes with packaging designed specially for each city on the tour.

First stop, New York.

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