When The Star-Designer Is No Longer The Star Of The Banquet
Gianfranco Ferré once crossed Italy and France by private jet. Marc Jacobs left Louis Vuitton before a front row of powerful friends. Galliano, Lagerfeld, Ferré and Marc belonged to the age of the star-designer. But luxury today seems hungry for another figure: the creative operator who can turn image into system, myth into product, and genius into something the maison can actually manage.
June 1, 2026
