Article: GIVENCHY'S NEW BRIT: JULIEN MACDONALD WINS TOP DESIGN POST.(Julien Macdonald replaces Alexander McQueen)

PARIS -- The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Givenchy named British designer Julien Macdonald, who once interned with Alexander McQueen, as its new couturier, ending an intense three-month search for a successor.

"We are very excited," Yves Carcelle, head of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton's fashion and leather goods business groups, told WWD Wednesday afternoon before the Loewe show here. "This guy has a very optimistic view and an elegant approach to fashion. If there's one word that characterized Givenchy, it is elegance, but that doesn't mean it can't be exciting. We don't want something plain and boring for Givenchy."

Macdonald's ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!