British designer Clare Waight Keller has been appointed Artistic Director at Uniqlo, overseeing its core assortment for women and men from this autumn.
Waight Keller has beforehand collaborated with Quick Retailing’s Uniqlo on sub-label, known as, Uniqlo: C. This may proceed however Waight Keller provides artistic duty for all collections that fall beneath the model’s LifeWear umbrella.
Talking to Vogue, Waight Keller mentioned: “What you’ll begin to discover is that inside a few of these core applications there’ll be new trend shapes, and there’ll be new silhouettes that drop each different month, to actually carry within the freshness.”
She can also be promising a extra female strategy to the womenswear provide with extra experimentation when it comes to color and sample and extra fashion-forward silhouettes to attract in a youthful shopper.
Uniqlo is finest know for its on a regular basis fundamentals corresponding to cashmere knits, jersey separates and its signature puffer jackets. It does, nonetheless, have an extended custom of partnering with designers from the posh realm. In addition to Waight Keller’s line, it has produced collections with Jonathan Anderson of JW Anderson and Loewe, Jil Sander and Marni, in addition to French designer Christophe Lemaire who can also be artistic director of its Uniqlo U sub-brand.
Uniqlo: C by Clare Waight Keller
Waight Keller is certainly one of Britain’s finest recognized artistic administrators and has held the highest design job at each Chloé and Givenchy, the place she famously designed the marriage gown for the Duchess of Sussex.
Her profession started in New York the place she labored for Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren earlier than shifting to Tom Ford’s Gucci in 2000. She left Gucci and joined Pringle of Scotland earlier than shifting to Paris to hitch Chloé. She joined Givenchy in 2017 and left in 2020.
Her Uniqlo: C assortment was launched final yr.
