Celebrated debuts? Fresh leadership in fashion houses comes to life on runways

Eight months after departing Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri’s return to fashion’s front bench at Fendi is widely anticipated. Photo: AFP

There has been an unprecedented turnover at the top of fashion houses over the past year or so, with a game of musical chairs reshaping the industry at speed.

The recent run of fashion weeks has finally brought the moments of truth – the debuts of the industry’s newly appointed creative heads.