Linlithgow Palace hosted the Metiers d'Art collection by the French brand's creative director Karl Lagerfeld.

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The brand is run by Alan Eckstein and creative director Timo Weiland, who grew up between Florida and New York then majored in economics, Spanish literature and business management at Vanderbilt University before deciding he needed to go into fashion.

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Ever the multitasker, he was also creative director of the renowned Finnish brand Artek from 2004 to 2009.

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Roitfeld and Testino later teamed up with U.S. designer Tom Ford during his first years as creative director at Gucci to reinvigorate the brand with an innovative advertising campaign.

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Andrew Strickman, former senior director, global consumer marketing at Yahoo and now VP brand and creative services at Move Inc.

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