The highly-regarded Italian goods and fashion brand, Bottega Veneta, will officially appoint a new Creative Director to the House on the 1st of July, 2018. This new addition to Bottega Veneta is the incredibly skilled designer, Daniel Lee, who graduated from the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2011. Daniel Lee succeeded Tomas Maier, who left his position on Wednesday, June 13th after serving as Bottega Veneta’s Creative Director for 17 years. Before being appointed the Creative Director of Bottega Veneta, Daniel Lee had recently served as the Director of Céline’s Ready-to-Wear Design, and also had prior roles at Maison Margiela, Balenciaga and Donna Karan.
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“I am very pleased to welcome Daniel Lee to Kering as Creative Director of Bottega Veneta,” said François-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of Kering. “The singularity of his vision inspired by a very personal creative approach convinced me that he was best able to open a new chapter in the history of the House. His work is characterized by great rigor, a mastery of studio expertise, a true passion for materials and an energy that I cannot wait to see take shape at Bottega Veneta.”
The half-a-century year-old fashion brand, Bottega Veneta is managed by the global luxury group, Kering, which additionally controls the development of a number of world-famous maisons in the Fashion, Leather Goods, Jewelry and Watchmaking fields: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Christopher Kane, Tomas Maier, Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo, Qeelin, Ulysse Nardin, Girard-Perregaux, as well as Kering Eyewear.
“Daniel Lee has a deep understanding of the House’s current challenges both in terms of creation and development,” noted Claus Dietrich Lahrs, CEO of Bottega Veneta. “He will bring to Bottega Veneta a new and distinctive creative language that will continue building the House’s success based on the ambitious foundations already developed over recent years.”
The Bottega Veneta brand has been fully immersing itself in the traditions of Italian leather craftsmanship since their foundation in 1966 in the Veneto region as they continue to cultivate their luxury goods and high fashion-wear. They uphold an extraordinary Italian philosophy that is split into four abiding principals, which are as follows: outstanding craftsmanship, timeless yet innovative design, contemporary functionality, and the highest quality materials possible.
Daniel Lee stated: “I’m both honored and excited to continue the legacy that has been created at Bottega Veneta over the last five decades. Maintaining the ingrained codes of the House, craftsmanship, quality and sophistication, I look forward to evolving what has gone before, while contributing a new perspective and modernity.”
Kering plans to apply a new creative strategy that is at the same time both intrepid and lively by conferring the position of Creative Director of Bottega Veneta to the young and talented 32-year-old designer, Daniel Lee, in the center of it. By placing this bold form of creativity in the heart of its strategy, Kering empowers Bottega Veneta and its other maisons to break through limits and set new records in the particulars of their innovative styles so that tomorrow’s luxury craftsmanship can be created in a sustainable and reliable manner. This belief is also promoted with Kering’s trademarked “Empowering Imagination.”
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