It’s a breakfast where no one has eaten anything. Pineapple skewers and raspberry financiers remained intact on the large table in the Kering meeting room. This Wednesday, March 12, at 9 a.m., the luxury group brought together ten international journalists on its Parisian premises in the rue de Sèvres for an announcement of the utmost importance: revealing the name of the new artistic director of Gucci. Since the brutal departure of Sabato de Sarno on February 6, the Kering locomotive, on which the group’s financial health depends, had no more pilot on board.
Around the table, even if Stefano Cantino (the CEO of Gucci) and Francesca Bellettini (the deputy director general of Kering) play their score of smiling and relaxed leaders very well, we feel a certain tension in the air: we have a confidentiality agreement signed until the next evening to journalists, who, at this stage, try to guess what designer can On stage. Until you forget the almond bowls and their coffee.
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