Fashion career profile
Francesca Amfitheatrof
Francesca Amfitheatrof is a jewelry designer born in Tokyo and educated in London, with a practice shaped by art, culture and travel. She studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design, Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art, and presented an early silverware collection at White Cube in 1993. She later designed accessories and jewelry for several houses and became Tiffany & Co.’s first female Design Director in 2013. Louis Vuitton appointed her Artistic Director of Watches and Jewelry in 2018, where she developed collections including B Blossom, Riders of the Knights and LV Volt. The house and Amfitheatrof parted ways in March 2025 after seven years. She also took on creative leadership at the Venetian jewelry house Codognato, presenting an inaugural collection in 2024. The profile treats these as separate chapters and does not imply that her Louis Vuitton role continues.
- Role
- Jewelry Designer; former Artistic Director of Watches and Jewelry, Louis Vuitton
- Career appointments
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- Fashion houses
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- Education: Chelsea College of Art and Design; Central Saint Martins; Royal College of ArtLouis Vuitton’s 200th-anniversary digital catalogue lists all three institutions. · Louis Vuitton
- Tiffany & Co.: Design Director (2013–2017)Vogue reports her appointment in 2013; Louis Vuitton states she later became its artistic director in 2018. · Vogue; Louis Vuitton
- Louis Vuitton: Artistic Director of Watches and Jewelry (2018–2025)The house confirmed their separation in March 2025 after seven years. · Louis Vuitton; Vogue
- Codognato: Head of Creative; inaugural collection presented in 2024Sotheby’s interviewed Amfitheatrof as the Venetian house’s creative lead ahead of its 2024 presentation. · Sotheby’s
- 1993 — Presents first silverware collection at White CubeHer debut is shown at the London contemporary-art gallery.
- 2013 — Appointed Tiffany & Co. Design DirectorShe became the company’s first woman in that role.
- 2018 — Becomes Artistic Director of Watches and Jewelry at Louis VuittonHer first collection, B Blossom, arrives later that year.
- 2024 — Presents a first collection with CodognatoShe takes on creative leadership at the Venetian high-jewelry house.
- 2025 — Leaves Louis VuittonThe house confirms the end of the seven-year collaboration in March.
- 2018–2025 — Artistic Director of Watches and Jewelry — Louis VuittonHistorical appointment · Louis Vuitton