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Overview: Designers' Musical Chair Dance in 2017

London - The musical chair dance occurring within the fashion industry, which sees a number of high profile designers leave their former roles as creative director for similar positions at rival fashion houses, continued well throughout 2017. Now that the year is almost over, FashionUnited takes a moment to review the most striking changes of...

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Lanvin taps Olivier Lapidus to succeed Bouchra Jarrar

French designer Olivier Lapidus has been named the successor of Bouchra Jarrar and is set to take on the role of artistic director at Lanvin. "It is a great honor to join Lanvin and I warmly thank Madame Wang for placing her confidence in me," says Olivier Lapidus in a statement from Lanvin. "With nearly 130 years of history, Lanvin is the...

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Bouchra Jarrar exits Lanvin

In the next round of designer musical chairs, we have Bouchra Jarrar exiting Lanvin. Jarrar took over the role of artistic director from famed designer Alber Elbaz, and after a mere fifteen months and two collections she is already on her way out. The story first broke on WWD. This leave's Lanvin without an artistic director for the spring 2018...