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Bottega Veneta unveils first collection under new Creative Director Daniel Lee

Bottega Veneta this week debuted its Pre Fall 2019 collection, the first by incoming artistic director Daniel Lee, who replaces veteran designer Tomas Maier. It was a low key launch, sans glitzy catwalk production and famous faces, that came in the form of a static presentation, perhaps to remove the artifice so many brands feel they need to...

Retail

Bottega Veneta to open massive flagship store in Tokyo

Italian luxury brand Bottega Veneta is set to open a six-floor flagship store in Tokyo on December 8, to be located at 5-6-1 Ginza Chuo-Ku. The upcoming store will be the label’s largest one in Asia, featuring men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, leather goods, handbags, eyewear, footwear, fragrances, jewelry and home decor. “Our [Japanese] clientè...

Fashion

Bottega Veneta not joining Milan Fashion Week in September

Kering’s Bottega Veneta will not be joining Milan Fashion Week in September, after the recent changes in the company. Last month, Bottega Veneta parted ways with creative director Tomas Maier, who had been working for the Italian fashion house since 2001. Maier was succeeded by the British designer Daniel Lee, who joined the company from Céline....

Business|OPINION Featured

Is Kering becoming too dependent on Gucci?

Investors and market analysts love to make alarming predictions about the future of companies they invest in; most of the time to soften the blow of a unavoidable loss. What is causing them to worry at the moment? The success story of Kering's top performing label, Gucci. Some investors are becoming more and more nervous of Kering’s future as it...

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Video: Bottega Veneta Early Fall 2018

Merging a sophisticated palette, singular creativity and the rigor of Italian craftsmanship, Bottega Veneta’s Early Fall 18 collection brings an unexpected layering of color, print and texture to the season’s essentials. Source: Bottega Veneta, YouTube.

Fashion |OPINION Featured

Bottega Veneta: Are its days of subtle luxury over?

The first time I shopped at Bottega Veneta was in the fall of 2003. I was in the brand’s Monte Napoleone flagship in Milan, it’s darkly lit interior reminiscent of a decadent cigar bar, and mesmerised not by the curated display of luxury goods, but the visible craft of its products. On that visit I bought a pair of intrecciato slip-on loafers...

ManagementFeatured

Bottega Veneta names Daniel Lee its new Creative Director

Luxury fashion house Bottega Veneta wasted no time is announcing the successor to its former creative director Tomas Maier. Following an announcement on Wednesday afternoon that Tomas Maier and Bottega Veneta were parting ways after 17 years, comes news that Daniel Lee has been appointed creative director at Bottega Veneta, starting July 1. Lee...

ManagementFeatured

Bottega Veneta and its creative director Tomas Maier part ways

Bottega Veneta has announced the departure of its creative director Tomas Maier, who had joined the Italian fashion house in 2001. The company said, Maier crafted its renaissance by drawing on the exceptional know-how of the house and thanks to his creative vision, Bottega Veneta today embodies the quintessence of understated and sophisticated...

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Video: Bottega Veneta SS18 Campaign

Presenting the trailer for Bottega Veneta’s new Spring/Summer 2018 campaign, titled Reflections. Source: BottegaVeneta, YouTube.

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Video: Bottega Veneta Early Fall 2018 - Transmission

Presenting Transmission, the seventh chapter of Reflections, Bottega Veneta’s Early Fall 2018 campaign. Source: BottegaVeneta, YouTube.

Fashion

Bottega Veneta CEO says leather will be animal-free

Leather could soon be a commodity that is entirely animal-free, Bottega Veneta CEO Claus-Dietrich Lahrs said on Thursday at the Condé Nast luxury conference. The annual conference, which this year focused on the theme of “The Language of Luxury,” brings together industry leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world to discuss the...

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Video: Bottega Veneta AW18 NYFW

Bottega Veneta collection Fall / Winter 2017/2018, February 2018, New York Fashion Week. Source: BottegaVeneta, YouTube