Ever thought of buying your dream Saint Laurent shoes on Amazon at the same time as ordering a cordless hedge trimmer? No, us neither. But soon, if the online global retail giant has anything to do with it, you might. Ears began to prick up about this arrival on the fashion landscape two months ago,…
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After years in Gucci’s back rooms, Alessandro Michele has put Italian fashion centre stage again. Meet the man reinventing the brand for a cooler generation. When the bearded and bookish Alessandro Michele was anointed creative director at Gucci in January, the fashion industry uttered a collective “Alessandro who?”. Few had heard of the 42-year-old designer…