The designer shuffle of late has edged a little toward the expected: a Valentino-trained couturier at Schiaparelli, New York’s coolest pair from Public School at DKNY. Leave it to the team at Courrèges to spice things up. This morning the house announced Coperni Femme’s Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant as its new artistic directors.

Meyer and Vaillant are known for their sporty, mod designs at Coperni but are in no way the seasoned industry players that are normally selected for these types of appointments. That’s not to say they aren’t talented. In the two years since launching their brand, they’ve received ample critical acclaim, won an ANDAM prize, and have been nominated for this year’s LVMH Prize. And in their mid-20s, the duo has what it takes to understand the core of the Courrèges brand: youth.

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