Anthony Vaccarello | |
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 Anthony Vaccarello in Cannes 2017 | |
| Born | (1982-01-18)18 January 1982 (age 43) |
| Alma mater | La Cambre |
| Years active | 2006–present |
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| Awards | ANDAM fashion award |
Anthony Vaccarello (born 18 January 1982) is a Belgian-Italian fashion designer. He is the current creative director ofYves Saint Laurent.[1] He has also designed his own eponymous line.
Vaccarello was born on 18 January 1982 in Brussels, Belgium. He is the only child of Italian parents; his father worked as a cartongesso maker, and his mother was an office-worker.[2]
Vaccarello completed one year oflaw school before enrolling atLa Cambre in 2000 to studysculpture.[3] Switching to a fashion course at the same location, he graduated in 2006 with honors. He was inspired to switch focus in school byRei Kawakubo andAzzedine Alaïa. His graduate collection was presented at the fashion festival inHyères inSouthern France.[2] Post the presentation,Karl Lagerfeld offered him a position in fur design atFendi.[4]
Vaccarello worked underKarl Lagerfeld atFendi for two years, specialising infur designs. In January 2009, he moved back to Paris, making his eponymous ready-to-wear collection debut, showing five looks in the window of the Parisian boutique Maria Luisa. The collection won the 2011ANDAM prize. The modelAnja Rubik wore a revealing white Vaccarello dress from the same collection to the 2012Met Gala.[4] After an introduction toLou Doillon at a dinner party, Doillon modelled in Vaccarello's lookbook, shot in a parking garage.
By September 2014, Vaccarello was creating a capsule collection forVersus Versace.[5] Vaccarello spent three years working for Versace, initially as a consultant and, since 2015, as creative director.[6] He went on to create several collections for Versus until in April 2016 when it was announced that he had been appointedcreative director ofSaint Laurent Paris.[7] During his first full year as creative designer at Saint Laurent, the company's income had increased by 25.3 percent in revenue over 2016.[8]
He andAnja Rubik are close friends. She agreed to walk in his A/W 2012 show.[9]
Vaccarello is married to Arnaud Michaux, who works with him in the YSL atelier.[10] In spring 2021, the couple announced on his Instagram account that they have a child named Luca.[11]
In July 2011, he won theANDAM Fashion Award and a €200,000 endowment.[citation needed]