After the surprise divorce from designer Daniel Lee last week, Bottega Veneta announced tonight that its new creative director will be, effective immediately, Matthieu Blazy. Parisian, born in 1984, is by no means a new name for the house of the Kering group: from 2020, in fact, he worked as design director of ready-to-wear.
At the end of the three-year renewal of BV under the guidance of the young Lee, the choice, therefore, did not fall on a noble name but on an interior, with training in Belgium, experiences as a men’s designer by Raf Simons and as a designer of women’s ready-to-wear by Maison Martin Margiela. And then Céline and Calvin Klein, again alongside Raf Simons. .
«Matthieu Blazy is an extraordinary talent. His appointment will strengthen the modern relevance of our brand and accelerate its growth, while preserving the values that represent the core of Bottega Veneta, ”said Leo Rongone, CEO of the maison. The president and CEO of Kering, François-Henri Pinault, also echoed him in the note released by the company: “I am confident that Matthieu Blazy’s great experience and broad cultural background will allow him to bring his creative impetus in the mission of carrying on the legacy of Bottega Veneta ».