{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Compelling with Katy Wellesley Wesley","title":"Camille Miceli: From Chanel and Vuitton to a Pucci Revival","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2871,"description":"What does it really take to reinvent an icon without erasing its history?\nIn this episode of Compelling, host Katy Wellesley Wesley speaks to Camille Miceli, Artistic Director at Pucci, about how she is reimagining one of Italy’s most recognisable maisons for new generations. From a childhood spent between fashion shoots with her stylist mother, to observing glamorous dinners that her parents hosted; to formative years at Chanel with Karl Lagerfeld and then Louis Vuitton with Marc Jacobs, Camille traces a career shaped by curiosity, mentorship and risk‑taking rather than rigid planning.\nShe explains why she insists Pucci’s prints be redrawn by hand, how she has reduced the calendar to two tightly edited collections a year, and why “Pucci imperfection is perfection” when it comes to human touch in design. With luxury fashion under increasing scrutiny for its environmental impact and overproduction, her choice to focus on made‑in‑Italy craftsmanship, small circuits and minimal waste offers a quietly mindful  model for sustainability at the top end of the market. This is a generous, candid conversation about joy, discipline and building a living archive that still feels irresistibly new.\n“Yvan’s dinner” as mentioned by Camille and Katy as the place they had recently met, was at their mutual friend Yvan Benbanaste’s at Society Room - Yvan is a sensational designer of men and women’s wear - offering fully or semi-tailored clothes.  \nCamille Miceli: After an internship with Alaïa at the end of her studies, Camille began her career in 1989 working in public relations at Chanel. In 1997, Camille joined Louis Vuitton as RIW Communication Director, and 2002, she became Fashion Jewelry Creative Director & Fine Jewelry Consultant. In 2009, she was appointed as Creative Director for Fashion Jewelry and Creative Consultant for Leather Goods at Christian Dior Couture. Since 2014, Camille has held the position of Accessories Creative Director at Louis Vuitton. In 2021 she joined...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2JTE_96t8Hbe5R3xzuClzLrfaoeuMMr-F1NVjEB9yC8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMjI5/ZGE0Y2Y0MDc4MDRm/MzRlNDVkMzVlZGJh/ZTRlYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}