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Clare Waight Keller’s career has been defined by being in the right place at the right time. She has done it again with an on-trend yet timeless range for Uniqlo.
Had Clare Waight Keller possessed more of an ego, she might have been the first female creative director at Gucci.
“When Christopher [Bailey] left, Tom [Ford] and I had a conversation about me stepping up,” says the British designer from her home in London. Gucci’s then creative director offered Waight Keller Bailey’s old role as head of womenswear, widely considered a stepping stone to the top job.
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