On 15 October, two departures were announced within the space of a few minutes: Veronica Leoni stepped down as creative director of Calvin Klein Collection, and Seàn McGirr left Alexander McQueen. Creative directors are viewed as interchangeable cogs rather than the linchpins of a mechanism, and the upheaval that every change at the top brings with it is overlooked

Creative professionals and office workers, little time and no shared vision: what lies behind brands’ changes of direction

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