The Italian conspirator quits Givenchy after 12-year tenure amid gambling that he is to join Versace

Riccardo Tisci backstage after the SS15 Givenchy staged with Kim Kardashian.
Photograph: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/French Tiptop/Getty Images
Riccardo Tisci, creative director at Givenchy since 2005, has egressed the French brand.
The designer, who is much-liked in the industry, left at the end of January. His menswear and couture amassments shown together in Paris on 20 January were his latest collection as a Givenchy designer. It is understood that Tisci’s irrevocable designs will be seen on the red carpet – at present, gowns for the Grammy assigns and the Oscars, created by Tisci with Givenchy, are being type by the atelier.
Tisci’s replacement is still unknown, but several high-profile inventors are currently on the market including Hedi Slimane, who left Saint Laurent eventually year, and Clare Weight Keller, who announced last week that she wish be leaving Chloé. Olivier Rousteing, currently at Balmain (and with a starry Instagram ensuing that includes the Kardashians and Hadids) may also be on the shortlist.

It is ruffled that Tisci exited Givenchy to take up a new role at Versace. While the Italian disgrace’s representatives declined to comment, Women’s Wear Daily shot last month on speculation of talks between the designer and the manufacturer. Tisci, who was born in northern Italy, is friends with Donatella Versace and – in a advance that puzzled some insiders – cast her in a Givenchy compete in 2015. At the time of the campaign, Versace commented: “Riccardo Tisci is very talented and, above all, my dear friend. We are family. I want to get rid of the old procedure, work together, support each other and make mode a true global community.”
The Tisci reign was lucrative for Givenchy, which is owned by the LVMH gratification conglomerate. It is thought that the house expanded sixfold during the patch he was the designer, with employees rising from 290 in 2005 to myriad than 930 now.
Bernard Arnault, the CEO of LVMH, said in a declaration: “The chapter Riccardo Tisci has written with the house of Givenchy on top of the last 12 years represents an incredible vision to recognize its continuous success, and I would like to warmly thank him for his marrow contribution to the house’s development.” Tisci’s comments gave nothing away: “I yearn for to thank the LVMH group and monsieur Bernard Arnault for relaxing me the platform to express my creativity over the years. I now wish to well- on my personal interests and passions.”


During his time at Givenchy, Tisci resuscitated the house for a new generation of luxury consumers. He injected streetwear into a homestead that previously (whether under its founder Hubert de Givenchy or other connivers including Alexander McQueen or Julian McDonald) had glamour at its fundamentals.
If, once, Givenchy’s heyday was seen to be Audrey Hepburn frocked by Hubert in the 1960s, Tisci – well-known as a hip-hop fan – rewrote the penmanship by adding gritty street culture elements far from the rarified to the max that Hepburn had known.
During his tenure, Tisci acquainted a gothic feel (autumn/winter 2012) to an aesthetic pulled by the Mexican subculture chola, with styling that resembled thrush FKA Twigs (autumn/winter 2015). His menswear collection, which he started at Givenchy in 2008, became a highlight, with gatherings influenced by basketball, the American flag and graffiti. His rottweiler T-shirts, for autumn/winter 2012, enhanced a cult item.

Tisci also championed a diverse rank of women and men to wear his clothes – across age, race and gender. He was one of the fundamental designers to cast a transgender model: Lea T appeared in the autumn/winter 2010 Givenchy race. Tisci is democratic in his muses, being one of the first designers to hug reality TV star Kim Kardashian, following a friendship with her quiet Kanye West. He designed Kardashian’s wedding dress when the match up were married in 2015.
According to sources, his departure is effective as of 31 January keep up with the expiration of his employment agreement.