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Fashion designer (born 1969)
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Louise Trotter
Born1969
Sunderland
Alma materNorthumbria University, Newcastle
OccupationFashion 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.

Early life

Born in 1969 in Sunderland, in England, Trotter studied fashion at the Northumbria University of Newcastle, where she graduated in 1991.

Career

Trotter started working at Whistles and was promoted to Creative Director. She then relocated to New-York to become Head of Womenswear at Calvin Klein, before stepping as Vice-President of Womenswear Design at Gap, before moving to another PVH brand as SVP Creative Director at Tommy Hilfiger. She then moved back to the United-Kingdom to take over the role of Creative Director at Jigsaw.

In 2009 Trotter debuted as Creative Director for Joseph, where she remained for more than 9 years, until 2018.

In 2018 she became creative director of Lacoste. In 2019, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law Degree by Northumbria University.

In February 2023, Trotter took over the creative direction of Carven after leaving Lacoste at the beginning of the same year.

On 12 December 2024, Carven and Kering announced her withdrawal from Carven direction and her debuts as creative director for Bottega Veneta, starting from January 2025.

References

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  9. "Going Beyond the Crocodile". The New York Times. 5 March 2019..
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  11. Hobbs, Julia (2024-07-17). "Carven's Louise Trotter Is Finding her Groove: "I Like Things to Be Practical and Useful and Beautiful at the Same Time"". Vogue. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  12. WW, FashionNetwork com. "Creative director Louise Trotter leaves Lacoste". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  13. Templeton, Lily (2024-12-12). "Carven Reveals Louise Trotter's Departure". WWD. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  14. "Louise Trotter appointed Creative Director of Bottega Veneta". www.kering.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  15. Zargani, Luisa (2024-12-12). "Bottega Veneta Names Louise Trotter New Creative Director". WWD. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  16. "Bottega Veneta taps Louise Trotter as creative director". Vogue Business. 12 December 2024.
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