Louise Trotter
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Louise Trotter | |
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| Born | 1969 |
| Alma mater | Northumbria University, Newcastle |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
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Louise Trotter is an English fashion designer; she is stepping as the Creative Director of the Milan-based fashion brand Bottega Veneta as for January 2025.
Biography
[edit]Born in 1969 in Sunderland, in England,[1] she studied fashion at the Northumbria University of Newcastle, where she graduated in 1991.[2][3] In 2019, the same university awarded her with an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law Degree.[3]
She started working at Whistles where she got promoted to Creative Director. She then relocated to New-York to become Head of Womenswear at Calvin Klein, before stepping as Vice-President of Womenswear Design at Gap,[3] before moving to another PVH brand as SVP Creative Director at Tommy Hilfiger.[4][5]
She then moved back to the United-Kingdom to take over the role of Creative Director at Jigsaw.[6]
In 2009 she debuted as Creative Director for Joseph, where she remained for more than 9 years, until 2018.[7][8]
In 2018 she became creative director of Lacoste.[9][10]
In February 2023 she took over the creative direction of Carven[11] after leaving Lacoste at the beginning of the same year. [12]
On Thursday 12th December 2024, Carven and Kering announced simultaneously her withdrawal from Carven direction[13] and her debuts as creative director for Bottega Veneta, [14][15] starting from January 2025.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Just/Talk: Justin Strauss with Louise Trotter". Ace Hotel (in Japanese). 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ "Louise Trotter". Business Of Fashion.
- ^ a b c "Lacoste Creative Director honoured by Northumbria University". Mynewsdesk. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ "My Life, My Style: Louise Trotter". Harper's BAZAAR. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Singh, Prachi (2018-07-30). "Joseph's creative director Louise Trotter quits". FashionUnited. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Roberts, Lauretta (2018-10-04). "Lacoste appoints former Joseph creative director Louise Trotter". TheIndustry.fashion. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ AnOther (2017-05-12). "Joseph's Creative Director on the Beauty of Looking Undone". AnOther. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Newbold, Alice (2018-07-27). "Louise Trotter Leaves Joseph". British Vogue. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ "Going Beyond the Crocodile". The New York Times. 5 March 2019..
- ^ "After 85 Years, Lacoste Names First Female Creative Director". ELLE. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Hobbs, Julia (2024-07-17). "Carven's Louise Trotter Is Finding her Groove: "I Like Things to Be Practical and Useful and Beautiful at the Same Time"". Vogue. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ WW, FashionNetwork com. "Creative director Louise Trotter leaves Lacoste". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Templeton, Lily (2024-12-12). "Carven Reveals Louise Trotter's Departure". WWD. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ "Louise Trotter appointed Creative Director of Bottega Veneta". www.kering.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Zargani, Luisa (2024-12-12). "Bottega Veneta Names Louise Trotter New Creative Director". WWD. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ "Bottega Veneta taps Louise Trotter as creative director". Vogue Business. 12 December 2024.