CNN —After months of speculation, Chanel has named its new artistic director. On Thursday, Matthieu Blazy — most recently, the creative director of luxury Italian label Bottega Veneta — was appointed to one of the most high-profile jobs in fashion. Blazy is only the fourth head designer of the French fashion house founded in 1910, and follows on from Virginie Viard, Karl Lagerfeld and Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. She started at Chanel as an intern in 1987 and went on to become Lagerfeld’s deputy for decades, totaling 30 years at the company. I look forward to meeting all the teams and writing this new chapter together.”On Thursday, Bottega Veneta announced Louise Trotter as its new creative director.

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Persons: Chanel, Matthieu Blazy —, —, Virginie Viard, Karl Lagerfeld, Gabrielle “ Coco ” Chanel, Dior, Bruno Pavlovsky, “, ”, Kering, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Blazy, Belgian —, Nicholas Ghesquière, John Galliano, Raf Simons, Calvin Klein, Chanel’s, Leena Nair, Lagerfeld, Bottega, Louise Trotter Organizations: CNN, Bottega, Maison Margiela, Chanel Locations: Paris, French, Belgian, Brussels, Chanel