Long Live McQueen

Robert Polet, the president and chief executive of Gucci Group, announced that the Alexander McQueen label will continue after the designer’s death last week. The fall 2010 McQueen collection will be shown during Paris Fashion Week in March as scheduled. Gucci Group plans to continue to finance the brand.
François-Henri Pinault, the chairman and chief executive of PPR, the parent company of Gucci Group, said, “This is the best tribute we could offer to Lee.”
Gucci Group, has owned the Alexander McQueen label since December 2000.