Anthony Vaccarello

Anthony Vaccarellois a Belgian-Italian fashion designer. He is the creative director of Yves Saint Laurent and he has designed an eponymous line too.

Career

Vaccarello worked under Karl Lagerfeld at Fendi for two years, specializing in fur 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 2011 ANDAM prize. Anja Rubik, a model, wore a revealing white Vaccarello dress from the same collection to the 2012 Met Gala. After an introduction to Lou Doillon at a dinner party, Doillon modelled in Vaccarello's lookbook, shot in a parking garage.

By September 2014, Vaccarello had created a capsule collection for Versus Versace. Vaccarello spent three years working for Versace, initially as a consultant and since 2015, as creative director. He created several collections for Versus until in April 2016 when it was announced that he had been appointed creative director of Saint Laurent Paris. During his first full year as creative designer at Saint Laurent, the company's income increased by 25.3 percent in revenue over 2016.