Lelio Gavazza Appointed Tom Ford Style CEO – WWD

MILAN – The Ermenegildo Zegna Staff has appointed Lelio Gavazza to the newly created place of government officer of Tom Ford Style, efficient Sept. 18.

Gavazza will report back to Gildo Zegna, chairman and CEO of the Zegna Staff.

Gavazza shall be accountable for Tom Ford’s type industry, from assortment construction to vending, via manufacturing in addition to retail and wholesale distribution. 

He brings greater than two decades of enjoy in world luxurious, becoming a member of from LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, the place he’s recently government vice chairman, gross sales and retail at jeweler Bulgari.

Previous to his tide function at Bulgari, Gavazza held a line of key regional management roles, together with managing director of Larger China, and managing director, Europe, Heart East, and Africa. 

The Estée Lauder Cos. in November obtained Tom Ford’s corporate in a trade in valued at $2.8 billion. Lauder has owned Tom Ford Attractiveness and Tom Ford Parfums since 2006.

Beneath Lauder, Ford’s males’s and ladies’s ready-to-wear is authorized to Ermenegildo Zegna Staff, which prior to now held the license for menswear. Along with Ford’s males’s and ladies’s ready-to-wear, Zegna Staff is authorized for Ford’s equipment and lingerie, fantastic jewellery, childrenswear, textile and residential design merchandise.

“Lelio’s track record of strong global leadership brings outstanding luxury expertise to Tom Ford Fashion across retail management, wholesale distribution, marketing, digital and key markets, including China,” mentioned Gildo Zegna.

“I have personally known and appreciated Lelio for many years, and I’m confident that his world-class business acumen, deep international experience, and leadership skills will prove invaluable in the development of the Tom Ford Fashion business globally,” he added. 

Gavazza will paintings intently with Guillaume Jesel, president and CEO of Tom Ford, making sure the alignment of style with the posh technique for the emblem. On the generation of the purchase’s latter in April, Lauder appointed Jesel to the function and Peter Hawkings inventive director of Tom Ford Style.

On Tuesday morning, commenting the appointment of Gavazza, Jesel mentioned Estée Lauder and Tom Ford “have had an exceptional and longstanding relationship with Gildo Zegna and the Zegna Group. We look forward to working closely with Gildo, Lelio, and their teams to take Tom Ford Fashion to its next level in global luxury.”

In the similar vein, Gavazza mentioned with Zegna and Jesel he used to be aiming “to continue to foster the growth of Tom Ford at the pinnacle of luxury fashion.”

As reported, Tom Ford will provide its spring 2024 womenswear assortment all the way through Milan Style Pace in September. This would be the debut womenswear assortment for Hawkings, who used to be Ford’s longtime collaborator and has been with the emblem for 17 years.

He used to be prior to now senior vice chairman of Tom Ford menswear. His unutilized tasks come with oversight of womenswear, menswear and accent divisions and govern clothier for the craze area and type displays. He stories immediately to Jesel and Gavazza.

Tom Ford and Domenico De Sole will provide as logo advisers throughout the finish of the life.

Zegna, which is publicly traded in Untouched York, additionally owns the Thom Browne industry. Marcolin Staff has a perpetual license for Tom Ford’s eyewear collections.