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Bottega Veneta exits social media on all platforms

Bottega Veneta has quietly closed its social media accounts, exiting Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, sparking an end to its social marketing communications. In an unprecedented move for a luxury fashion house, the Kering-owned company has chosen to restrict its digital communications, going against the tide of most marketing strategies. In...

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Bottega Veneta shows SS21 collection salon-style in London

Bottega Veneta this week showed its Spring Summer 2021 collection in London’s Sadler’s Wells, an intimate performance art venue best known for its spectacular contemporary dance calendar. Like so many other theatres, it had to close its doors during lockdown. Creative Director Daniel Lee isn’t a fan of the digital stage, instead preferring live,...

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Bottega Veneta wins big at The Fashion Awards

The British Fashion Council hosted its annual The Fashion Awards last night (December 2) at the Royal Albert Hall in London and luxury Italian label Bottega Veneta was the big winner of the evening, scooping four awards. 2019 certainly belongs to British fashion designer Daniel Lee, who was named Accessories Designer of the Year, British...

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Levi Strauss Foundation exec director on importance of backing social change

American fashion company Levi Strauss & Co., best known as a pioneering figure in the denim industry for the past 166 years, has also made a name for itself since its founding as a business with social responsibility and corporate philanthropy at its core. The Levi Strauss Foundation is a perfect example of that. Founded in 1952, the foundation...

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Bottega Veneta unveils first collection under new Creative Director Daniel Lee

Bottega Veneta this week debuted its Pre Fall 2019 collection, the first by incoming artistic director Daniel Lee, who replaces veteran designer Tomas Maier. It was a low key launch, sans glitzy catwalk production and famous faces, that came in the form of a static presentation, perhaps to remove the artifice so many brands feel they need to...

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Bottega Veneta: Are its days of subtle luxury over?

The first time I shopped at Bottega Veneta was in the fall of 2003. I was in the brand’s Monte Napoleone flagship in Milan, it’s darkly lit interior reminiscent of a decadent cigar bar, and mesmerised not by the curated display of luxury goods, but the visible craft of its products. On that visit I bought a pair of intrecciato slip-on loafers...

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Bottega Veneta names Daniel Lee its new Creative Director

Luxury fashion house Bottega Veneta wasted no time is announcing the successor to its former creative director Tomas Maier. Following an announcement on Wednesday afternoon that Tomas Maier and Bottega Veneta were parting ways after 17 years, comes news that Daniel Lee has been appointed creative director at Bottega Veneta, starting July 1. Lee...