Courrèges did not leave the seat empty for long. Within a week of Nicolas Di Felice’s exit, industry reports say the house has chosen Drew Henry, a quiet name with a loud CV, to take over as creative director from May 6.
The sequence began Tuesday (March 24), when the French house confirmed that Di Felice, after five years, was leaving to “focus on personal projects.” His last collection had been shown earlier in the month at Paris Fashion Week, and it doubled as his fifth-anniversary show. W Magazine said he sent viewers through “24 hours in the life of a Courrèges woman” and that the reviews were good.
Di Felice announced the move himself on Instagram. “What an amazing adventure!” he wrote. “I still remember with so much affection my very first day in this beautiful house, where everything had to be rebuilt.”
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That rebuild is why this matters beyond the trade press. Di Felice, who had worked under Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton and Raf Simons at Dior, took over a label whose earlier revivals had stalled, W noted. He leaned into its 1960s Space Age roots, reintroduced menswear and upgraded the fragrance line, per Jing Daily. A reissue of the vinyl jackets won over Marc Jacobs, Hailey Bieber and Dua Lipa wore his designs, and he built stage outfits for performers including Beyoncé, according to W.
FashionUnited, citing industry reports, says the successor is Henry, a Central Saint Martins graduate who is known for behind-the-scenes work. He was a close collaborator of Phoebe Philo at Celine and helped launch her eponymous brand, then served as design director at JW Anderson and, most recently, vice president of runway design at Burberry. He will work alongside chief executive Marie Leblanc, who stays on to run operations.
Courrèges is owned by Artémis, the Pinault family’s holding company, and FashionUnited described the brief as accelerating the label’s global expansion “without diluting its distinctive DNA.” FashionUnited’s report cites industry sources, not a house statement, so the appointment is not yet official.
Di Felice’s next stop is also unconfirmed. Jing Daily said he is widely expected to become creative director of Alaïa. For another house change this year, see Olivier Rousteing’s arrival at Rabanne, and for the rest of Paris, our March style guide.
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