Pursuing Daniel Lee’s abrupt departure from Bottega Veneta in the center of a successful turnaround, proprietor Kering has moved promptly to identify a successor, designer Matthieu Blazy — a respected guiding-the-scenes figure who was now waiting in the wings. Blazy, a former Raf Simons deputy who joined Bottega Veneta in the position of design director

Daniel Lee, the designer credited with revitalising the luxurious style label Bottega Veneta is leaving the brand name. A assertion asserting the news states it is a “joint choice to stop their collaboration”. But it is a shock to the style industry. Lee, who joined Bottega Veneta in July 2018, has speedily built it 1