Ford and Domenico to leave Gucci

Tom Ford and Domenico de Sole, the creative and financial forces behind the turnaround of Gucci said yesterday they would be leaving the company in the spring.

In a joint statement with Gucci's owners, the French retail giant Pinault Printemps-Redoute, the pair said they would resign on April 30 from the fashion house which they transformed in the last ten years from an ailing family business into the world's third biggest luxury goods group.