{"id":159479,"date":"2017-11-09T10:12:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T10:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/kate-spade-appoints-new-creative-director\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:48:01","slug":"kate-spade-appoints-new-creative-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/kate-spade-appoints-new-creative-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Spade appoints new creative director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Spade has <strong>appointed a new creative director after Deborah Lloyd has announced she will stand down next year<\/strong> following the brand's acquisition by Coach owner Tapestry.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tapestry, the new name for the Coach group, has <strong>recruited\u00a0Michael Kors senior vice president of accessories design Nicola Glass<\/strong> to replace Lloyd. She will have\u00a0responsibility for leading all creative aspects of the Kate Spade brand, including all product design, brand imagery and store environments and will report into the brand president and CEO of Kate Spade, a role currently held by Tapestry CEO Victor Luis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are very few creative executives like [Glass], who have both the talent to lead creative teams and the appreciation and understanding of how to scale a growing handbag and accessories-driven business. We are extremely pleased that <strong>she will be leading the strong creative team already in place,<\/strong> while bringing her unique aesthetic and personal style to Kate Spade,\" said Luis of the appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\"Nicola <strong>fully understands the feminine, fun and fashionable style of Kate Spade<\/strong> and is excited to bring its distinctive style to global audiences. Her depth and breadth of experience will be an invaluable asset to the business in general - and especially the design and brand teams - as we grow and develop the business globally,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Of her appointment Glass said:\u00a0\u201cIt is a brand I\u2019ve long admired and I look forward to leading the team in this next chapter of Kate Spade\u2019s evolution and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55098\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55098\" class=\" wp-image-55098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/DMB-KATE_SPADE_REGENT_STREET_OPENING106-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"628\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deborah Lloyd, standing down after 10 years<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lloyd has held the role of president and chief creative officer at Kate Spade for 10 years.\u00a0\"We have<strong> great admiration for Deborah\u2019s accomplishments and her vision and creative leadership<\/strong> have been instrumental to the growth of Kate Spade,\u201d Luis said.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Spade was <strong>acquired by the then Coach group for $2.4bn in May of this year<\/strong>. The group also owns the Coach brand and footwear brand Stuart Weitzman. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\/coach-inc-changes-name-tapestry-repositions-luxury-conglomerate\/\">changed its group name to Tapestry last month <\/a>as it repositions itself as a luxury house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":130367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10585,9762,6],"tags":[9828,12281,10311,12440,12359,11776],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kate Spade appoints new creative director - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kate Spade has appointed a new creative director after Deborah Lloyd has announced she will stand down next year following the brand&#039;s acquisition by\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/kate-spade-appoints-new-creative-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kate Spade appoints new creative director - TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kate Spade has appointed a new creative director after Deborah Lloyd has announced she will stand down next year following the brand&#039;s acquisition by\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/kate-spade-appoints-new-creative-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-09T10:12:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-12T13:48:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Kate-Spade-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1007\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauretta Roberts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lauretta Roberts\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/kate-spade-appoints-new-creative-director\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/kate-spade-appoints-new-creative-director\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lauretta Roberts\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/85b04a16eba8c6cd7a9534c5a4262b89\"},\"headline\":\"Kate Spade appoints new creative director\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-09T10:12:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-12T13:48:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/kate-spade-appoints-new-creative-director\/\"},\"wordCount\":353,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Coach\",\"Deborah Lloyd\",\"Kate Spade\",\"Nicola Glass\",\"Tapestry\",\"Victor Luis\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Features\",\"Finance\",\"Interviews\",\"News &amp; 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