mobanmarketFrench couturier Christian Lacroix is leaving Emilio Pucci after three years as its creative director. He admitted to his departure backstage after the showing of Pucci’s summer 2006 collection in Milan earlier this week.
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“I’ve known for a long time, but I have only really taken it in this morning – and I think I will be shedding a tear by tonight,” he told IHT’s Suzy Menkes. Laudomia Pucci, Emilio’s daughter, confirmed his departure, but said: “Pucci is a continuing story. We knew Christian before and we will still see him now. It is not goodbye but arrivederci.”
Meanwhile, Lacroix has left LVMH and he said that it would be “unfair” to his new owners, the Falic brothers, to remain at Pucci. British favourite Matthew Williamson is expected to replace him. Even though Pucci CEO Catherine Vautrin said that the final decision has not yet been made, sources in both London and Paris say that Williamson should be signing the deal with Pucci parent company LVMH this week. Another source told Menkes that Williamson is the personal choice of Bernard Arnault, and what he wants, goes.