How Saint Laurent’s big bet on ‘Emilia Pérez’ lost its luster
Normally, the Sunday before Paris Fashion Week would be a day of frenetic activity for the Saint Laurent atelier and for its designer, Anthony Vaccarello. Normally, they would have only two more days to get ready for their fashion show, which has become one of the must-see opening events of the French collections. Normally, they would be rushing around, finalizing clothes, hair, makeup.
But this Sunday, a group of Saint Laurent executives, including Vaccarello and most likely Cédric Charbit, the CEO, and Francesca Bellettini, the deputy CEO of Kering, Saint Laurent’s parent company, plan to be in Los Angeles, at the Dolby Theater.
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