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October 19, 2026

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Seán McGirr Exits. What Is McQueen Now?

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October 19, 2026

GTWJ Fashion Index · Fashion News Alexander McQueen · October 2026 Seán McGirr Exits. What Is McQueenNow? The departure does not surprise me. The harder question is whether the house can give us a future we want to believe in—and a woman we want to become. By Ju · Published 19 October 2026 Departure announced 15 October 2026 The announcement An exit I was expecting Alexander McQueen announced on 15 October that Seán McGirr would be leaving his role as creative director. His appointment had been announced in October 2023;... Read more...

Anthony Vaccarello Leaves Saint Laurent. What Remains?

October 19, 2026

GTWJ Fashion Index · Fashion News Saint Laurent · October 2026 Anthony VaccarelloLeaves Saint Laurent.What Remains? After ten years, a designer leaves behind more than collections. He leaves a picture of the house in our minds—and a profound challenge for whoever comes next. By Ju · Published 19 October 2026Announcement: 9 October 2026 · Creative direction: 2016–2026 The announcement A decade comes to a close Saint Laurent announced Anthony Vaccarello’s departure on 9 October 2026, bringing his ten-year tenure as creative director to an end. In its official statement, Kering... Read more...

Can Balenciaga Change the House Without Changing the Customer?

September 30, 2026

GTWJ FASHION INDEX · FASHION NEWS · HOUSE STRATEGY Can Balenciaga Change the House Without Changing the Customer? Pierpaolo Piccioli, the reported possibility of another creative-director exit, and the much harder question of what happens when a fashion house tries to move beyond the customer identity it spent years creating. GTWJ STUDY · SEPTEMBER 2026 REPORTING STATUS On 22 September 2026, Miss Tweed reported, citing industry sources, that Pierpaolo Piccioli is set to leave Balenciaga after just over a year and that an announcement could come after the house's 1... Read more...

Anthony Vaccarello SAINT LAURENT: When a Designer Becomes the House

September 19, 2026

GTWJ Blog · Fashion · Houses · Creative Direction When a Designer Becomes the House As speculation grows around Anthony Vaccarello's future at Saint Laurent, what happens when a designer has spent a decade making his interpretation feel inseparable from the house itself? September 2026 After ten years, it becomes difficult to know where the house ends and the designer begins. Anthony Vaccarello · Saint Laurent · 2016— A note before we begin: at the time of publication, Saint Laurent has not officially announced Anthony Vaccarello's departure. Current discussion around... Read more...

DIOR & A24

September 11, 2026

GTWJ · FASHION INDEX Fashion NEWS · Business · Culture 16 September 2026 Dior · A24 · Jonathan Anderson · Luxury Strategy · Cultural Power DIOR DOESN’T JUST WANT TO BE WORN. IT WANTS TO BE PART OF CULTURE. Dior and A24 have entered a two-year creative partnership across film, theatre and live culture. It is clever, contemporary and potentially important. But underneath the excitement sits a harder question: in a world shaped by A24’s cultural authority and Jonathan Anderson’s increasingly powerful creative identity, where exactly is Dior? GTWJ FASHION... Read more...

THE STATE OF FASHION RIGHT NOW

September 11, 2026

GTWJ · FASHION DESK August–September 2026 Reporting Cutoff · September 10, 2026 The Fashion Briefing · No. 01 THE STATE OF FASHION RIGHT NOW Creative directors are leaving, others are only rumored to be leaving, fashion month is beginning, luxury investors remain nervous, one of fashion's most anticipated museum exhibitions has been abandoned, and the industry is beginning to discover whether its enormous creative reset actually worked. Confirmed News Developing Stories Industry Rumors Clearly Marked GTWJ Analysis GTWJ Visual Study · Fashion enters another September with enormous questions about houses,... Read more...

John Galliano: The Exhibition That Will Not Happen

August 31, 2026

GTWJ FASHION INDEX Fashion Institutions • Fashion Figures • Current History John Galliano: The Exhibition That Will Not Happen The announcement and withdrawal of John Galliano: Horizons — and what the episode records about fashion, institutions and the weight of public response. Announced July 31, 2026 • Withdrawn August 31, 2026 Entry Type Case Study Institution The Costume Institute Designer John Galliano Last Updated August 31, 2026 A Note on This Entry This is a record of what happened, not an argument for what should have happened. This Fashion Index... Read more...