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Louise Trotter | |
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| Alma mater | Northumbria University, Newcastle |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
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Louise Trotter is an English fashion designer and soon-to-be creative director of fashion brand Bottega Veneta. She previously worked for numerous clothing stores, retail chains, and fashion brands.
Born in Sunderland, in England, [1] Trotter studied fashion at the Northumbria University of Newcastle, where she graduated in 1991. [2] [3]
Trotter started working at Whistles and was promoted to Creative Director.[ when? ] She then relocated to New-York to become Head of Womenswear at Calvin Klein, before stepping as Vice-President of Womenswear Design at Gap, [3] before moving to another PVH brand as SVP Creative Director at Tommy Hilfiger. [4] [5] She then moved back to the United-Kingdom to take over the role of Creative Director at Jigsaw. [6]
In 2009 Trotter debuted as Creative Director for Joseph, where she remained for more than 9 years, until 2018. [7] [8]
In 2018 she became creative director of Lacoste. [9] [10] In 2019, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law Degree by Northumbria University. [3]
In February 2023, Trotter took over the creative direction of Carven [11] after leaving Lacoste at the beginning of the same year. [12]
On 12 December 2024, Carven and Kering announced her withdrawal from Carven direction [13] and her debuts as creative director for Bottega Veneta, [14] [15] starting from January 2025. [16]
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