Jean Paul Gaultier has recently announced that he is leaving luxury French fashion label, Hermès. The fashion house has decided to name Christopher Lemaire, who is currently the creative director of Lacoste, as his successor.
"Hermès is deeply grateful to Jean Paul Gaultier for his outstanding creative contribution during these seven years," the company told WWD.
Gaultier has decided to leave after the label's spring/summer 2011 collection is showcased in October and Lemaire will transition in with women's ready-to-wear at the start of the autumn/winter 2011 collection.
Gaultier was appointed artistic director of Hermès in 2003 where he took over from Martin Margiela. He is expected to concentrate on his own ready-to-wear collections and haute couture fashion house, in which Hermès will retain a 45% stake.
Gaultier has had such a successful run over at Hermès, so I can't wait to see what he has up his sleeve for his own fashion house!
~XOXO FashionHustler
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