DFR 3.1.18 Riccardo Tisci Joins Burberry As Chief Creative Director | DVF Hosts Pre-Oscar Luncheon

Carine Roitfeld & Riccardo Tisci

Launching this morning, AOC rebirths DFR -- Daily French Roast -- Anne is reading . . .  We share the latest fashion, branding, art, pop culture and activism news that impacts the fashion industry as it happens.

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Riccardo Tisci Joins Burberry!

Riccardo Tisci is a man who loves women, growing up in a female-centric family in Italy. AOC loves Tisci and always has, and we're THRILLED that Tisci is headed to Burberry as its chief creative officer. Tisci will be responsible for all of the brand's women's and men's wear collections, accessories, store design and advertising/marketing campaigns, with his launch date March 12.

Tisci will replace Christopher Bailey, who left Burberry after 17 years during February's London Fashion Week. 

“I am delighted that Riccardo is joining Burberry. He is one of the most talented designers of our time,” Marco Gobbetti, Burberry’s chief executive, said in a statement following the appointment. “His designs have an elegance that is contemporary and his skill in blending streetwear with high fashion is highly relevant to today’s luxury consumer. Riccardo’s creative vision will reinforce the ambitions we have for Burberry and position the brand firmly in luxury.”

Mr. Gobbetti and Mr. Tisci — who are both Italians — worked together at Givenchy, where Mr. Gobbetti was the French brand’s chief executive and hired Mr. Tisci in 2005. Mr. Tisci ignited fashion's relationship with Givenchy, a house defined largely by the relationship between founder Hubert de Givenchy and his muse, female actor and activist Audrey Hepburn to a house beloved by 21st-century celebrities such as the Kardashians. Under Tisci, Givenchy also became a social media force.

Kanye West, Madonna and Riccardo Tisci via CFR 

The iconic designer and former creative director of Givenchy who helmed the women's, couture, and menswear lines for more than a decade, has cemented himself as a powerful and intuitive force in the fashion industry. Tisci and Carine Roitfeld are longtime friends, and the designer has collaborated with CR Fashion Book since its inception in 2012. Read Carine's review of Riccardo Tisci's career at Givenchy. 

Related: Burberry Names Riccardo Tisci As Its Chief Creative Officer New York Times

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Diane von Furstenberg's Annual Pre-Oscar Women Actors Luncheon

“Everybody in here is extraordinary and exciting and a survivor,” said Salma Hayek at the designer’s annual luncheon celebrating female Oscar nominees.

Diane von Furstenberg's annual pre-Oscar luncheon at her Coldwater Canyon home inspired the designer to talk about her early days in New York.  “When I started to be successful, I would travel across the country. I was very young and European and a princess, so all of these fashion editors at magazines and newspapers had a very preconceived idea of who I was—this Park Avenue Princess,” von Furstenberg told Vanity Fair earlier this week inside her Coldwater Canyon home. “When I read the first article that was written about me, I said, ‘Who is that?’ So I came to be much more outspoken—sometimes even provocative. Even then, at least those words were my words.”

At age 71, DVF is now comfortable kicking back in her chair, fully unapologetic about wearing the words "In Charge" emblazoned across the chest of her black T-shirt. So committed to making her point both the day of the pre-luncheon interview with Vanity Fair and the day of the luncheon, the black T-shirt make a second appearance, offering sustenance to the women gathered. For the fourth time, DVF invited every single woman nominated for an Oscar to her home for a Picnic, "with Persian rugs, pillows, and blankets stretched out across her lawn."

After lunch, Hayek gave an impromptu toast. “When I first arrived in Hollywood, I was so alone. There were no other Mexican actresses and very few women in the industry. And look at us today,” Hayek said, speaking to guests like Rashida Jonesand Laura Dern, who sat cross-legged on the floor. “We could not even bring our friends or spouses today because there are just too many of us for this mansion. Everybody in here is extraordinary and exciting and a survivor of the impossible and an example. With all of the things we have accomplished in this room, how exciting is it that the best is yet to come?”