[2] Vaccarello completed one year of law school before enrolling at La Cambre in 2000 to study sculpture.

In January 2009, he moved back to Paris, making his eponymous ready-to-wear collection debut, showing five looks in the window of the Parisian boutique Maria Luisa.

The model Anja Rubik wore a revealing white Vaccarello dress from the same collection to the 2012 Met Gala.

[6] He went on to create several collections for Versus until in April 2016 when it was announced that he had been appointed creative director of Saint Laurent Paris.

[7] During his first full year as creative designer at Saint Laurent, the company's income had increased by 25.3 percent in revenue over 2016.