Burberry’s creative head, Riccardo Tisci, has left just a year after his fellow Italian Marco Gobbetti’s departure as chief executive, with both roles at the UK luxury brand now to be held by Britons.
He will step down at the end of this month, closing a tenure of just under five years, and will be replaced by Daniel Lee, from Yorkshire. Tisci’s critics have argued that he failed to make the most of Burberry’s British heritage and there was a sense of disconnect between his designs and the brand’s history.
