And Alessandro Michele’s Next Stop Is…

Who wouldn’t want a piece of Alessandro Michele? The former Gucci creative director is currently a free agent and, for a luxury house seeking some star power, Michele must seem like a hot prospect. But where’s he actually going?

Social media seems to think that Michele is off to France. After spending a half-decade or so in Florence, it doesn’t sound entirely unbelievable that the Roman designer would be off to an entirely different fashion capital, to be fair.

Whispers about Michele’s potential move picked up steam in mid-March. They were re-energized a little bit after Pharrell was announced to be joining Louis Vuitton and Daniel Lee debuted his first Burberry collection, really, and didn’t seem to be prompted by anything in particular, except a general restlessness for more fashion biz shakeups.

First person to guess which French brand Alessandro Michele is moving to gets a cookie! 🍿

— bryanboy (@bryanboy) March 15, 2023

With Jeremy Scott leaving Moschino, some folks were eyeing Scott and Michele to trade places but Gucci, for its part, has already secured Sabato De Sarno as creative director after leaning on its in-house design team for the Fall/Winter 2023 season.

Scott’s next job is presumably already secured, too, or at least that’s what the designer hinted at on Instagram.

how long till someone says alessandro michele should go to moschino

— luuuks (@malak_essmat) March 20, 2023

one of the fashion girlies i follow on tiktok wants jeremy scott at chanel and alessandro michele at moschino…such an advanced mind deserves more than just some reposts and likes pic.twitter.com/Tzd8dCWLMZ

— ☆ (@grcentm) March 20, 2023

As for Alessandro Michele, where could he wind up?

The two names that keep coming up in Twitter threads and TikTok clips are Chanel and Lanvin, though both houses currently have creative directors in place. Plus, fashion Twitter/Tok tend to assume that their personal tastes dictate the current fortune of the brands they discuss — if they’re lukewarm on Virginie Viard’s Chanel, for instance, they imagine that the maison’s execs feel similarly.

Another potential Michele destination being tossed about: Givenchy.

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True enough that I’m curious how well Matthew M. Williams’ vision for the label is performing but seems an odd fit for Michele, at least on paper.

Then again, I’m also curious if Michele’s signature maximalist vision will extend to whichever fashion company he lands at, as it was apparently the reason he departed Gucci, according to scuttlebutt (Michele and management reportedly clashed over desire to introduce a fresh perspective).

Considering the direction that Lee took Burberry in, though, maximalism may be swinging back into the spotlight. If that’s the case, Michele will be right at home wherever he winds up.

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