Riccardo Tisci is an Italian fashion designer. He studied in Italy at the Design Istituto d’Arte Applicata in Cantù until the age of 17, and then graduated from London's Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 1999. In 2005, Tisci was creative director for Givenchy Women's haute couture and ready-to-wear lines. In May 2008 he was additionally menswear and accessories designer of the Givenchy men's division. In March 2018, he was appointed chief creative officer of Burberry, succeeding Christopher Bailey.
Riccardo Tisci with Naomi Campbell in 2010
Central Saint Martins is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art university in London, England. The college offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of short and summer courses.
King's Cross campus of Central Saint Martins
Central School of Art and Design, Southampton Row, Holborn, London WC1B 4AP: Blue Plaque for William Lethaby, first Principal of the Central School of Arts and Crafts, placed by London County Council in 1957