Pringle Poaches From Gucci

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jul 28th 2005 at 11:04AM

We've written before about the attempts by Pringle, to enliiven the brand and have it become a major fashion name. Now the Scottish brand best know for its argyle sweaters has hired two of Gucci's major players. The new creative director, Clare Waight Keller, and the new aaccessories designer Simona Ciacchi are both from Gucci. Gucci itself had seen better days before Tom Ford took over so Pringle is betting that a little of his magic has rubbed off on his former employees.

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