the week 43 · A house is not its sneakers

Podcast: Dahlia Ferrante · for the record · Dahlia Ferrante

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

On Thursday 15 October, Kering announced that Seán McGirr is leaving Alexander McQueen after three years as creative director, and said it would name new creative leadership soon. The exit comes with a retrenchment of the business: layoffs and a smaller store network. Chief executive Luca de Meo said the house had incurred heavy losses opening 135 stores and had come to depend on sneakers, which at one point made up 80 percent of its revenue. The final collection, spring 2027, had just been shown in London with jeweller Shaun Leane back on the runway for the first time in sixteen years. It f...