Changes are afoot over at .

According to WWD the current CEO and man responsible for hiring Hedi Slimane, Paul Deneve, is leaving - for Apple, no less - and will be replaced in September by Francesca Bellettini, currently an executive director at .

So far so corporate. But the reshuffle means that Hedi’s role at the label is set to expand. Never one to shy away from the finer details of the business – not only does he design the collections he also shoots the campaigns, oversees the show seating plans and keeps a close eye on just how the staff in his stores look – he is now adding ‘supervise all strategic projects for the brand’ to his to do list.

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