This year has proven to be a year of transition for the fashion community. YSL announced Hedi Slimane’s departure from his roles as Creative and Image director on April first, leaving all of us hoping it was some twisted April Fool’s joke. Days later Anthony Vaccarello announced he would be stepping down from his role of Creative Director at Versus Versace and confirming just days later that he would be stepping up into Hedi Slimane’s previous roles at Yves Saint Laurent.

With the creative direction of two houses up in the air, it didn’t seem we could catch a break when just two months later the father of street style photography, Bill Cunningham, died at age 87. Less than a month later Peter Copping announced he would be stepping down from his role at Oscar de la Renta to return to Europe. Personally selected by de la Renta just a month before his passing, Copping was the first successor of the founder.

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