Kering and Alexander McQueen announce the appointment of Lucy Adam as Creative Director of the House.
 

Lucy Adam was previously Head of Ready-to-Wear at JW Anderson. He joined JW Anderson in 2020 to oversee the menswear collections and eventually the womenswear collections. Previously, he was Womenswear Designer at Dries Van Noten in Antwerp. From 2014 to 2018, he worked in the creative offices of UNIQLO in Tokyo and Paris, designing the menswear collections under the guidance of Christophe Lemaire. He began his career as an assistant at Burberry and Vogue Hommes Japan.

Born in Singapore, of British and Singaporean descent, she graduated from Raffles Institute of Higher Education in 2014 with a Masters in Fashion Design.

Gianfilippo Testa, CEO of Alexander McQueen, said: “We are very excited about Lucy Adam joining as Creative Director. With his experience, personality and creativity, he will bring a strong creative language to Alexander McQueen and further its unique heritage.”
 

François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, added: “We are passionate about Alexander McQueen and are convinced that Lucy Adam will continue to lead the brand with renewed creative drive. We look forward to opening the next chapter in the history of this unique house.”

About Kering

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. We capture these beliefs in our signature: “Empowering Imagination”. In 2022, Kering had over 47,000 employees and revenue of €20.4 billion.
 

About Alexander McQueen 

Alexander McQueen is a British luxury fashion house founded in 1992 by Lee Alexander McQueen and under the creative direction of Sarah Burton from 2010 to 2023. Distinctive for its innovative and uncompromising expression of unbridled creativity, the house represents the power of individuality, subversive strength and defiant elegance. Strength and fragility, light and darkness, innovation and tradition are always juxtaposed.

Contacts
 

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Kering
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