Is Burton Headed To Dior?
A Last minute change from Jonathan Saunders to Burton? Or undecided? AS attention turns to Dior couture
this afternoon in Paris and the first show to be held since Raf Simons left his creative director post in October, so too
does who his successor will be. Industry rumours have thrown
up many names since Simons's departure - Alber Elbaz,
Phoebe
Philo and Olivier
Theyskens among them - but the one that seems to be gathering
momentum right now is that of Alexander McQueen's creative
director, Sarah
Burton.
Burton, who has been with McQueen since 1997 when she worked as
founder Lee McQueen's personal assistant, has lead the company to
critical acclaim since she took the helm following McQueen's death in 2010. If she were to be appointed to the top
job at Dior, there would no doubt be lengthy negotiations, not
least concerning where operations would take place as Burton and
her family are currently located in London while the Dior atelier
is in Paris.
In December, Dior revealed that its in-house design team would be taking
charge of the pre, couture and ready-to-wear autumn/winter 2016 collections,
but with no confirmation of who will be responsible for
spring/summer 2017 showcases since it was gossiped with Jonathan Saunders heading to Dior, and might not be real afterall, an announcement is likely soon.
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