, ▁and ▁then ▁graduated ▁from ▁London ' s ▁Central ▁Saint ▁Mart ins ▁Academy ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁T is ci ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁cre ative ▁director ▁for ▁Given chy ▁Women ' s ▁ha ute ▁cout ure ▁and ▁ready - to - we ar ▁lines . ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁he ▁was ▁addition ally ▁named ▁as ▁mens we ar ▁and ▁access ories ▁designer ▁of ▁the ▁Given chy ▁men ' s ▁division . ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁appointed ▁chief ▁cre ative ▁officer ▁of ▁Bur berry , ▁succeed ing ▁Christopher ▁Ba iley . ▁ ▁T is ci ' s ▁apparent ▁fasc ination ▁with ▁Goth ic ▁touch es ▁( dark , ▁l angu id ▁dress es ▁for ▁fall ▁cout ure ) ▁and ▁space - age ▁minimal ism ▁( one ▁ready - to - we ar ▁show ▁featured ▁white - cl ad ▁models ▁dr ifting ▁around ▁a ▁ster ile - white ▁sphere ) ▁has ▁drawn ▁new ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁Given chy ▁brand . ▁Re views ▁and ▁output ▁so ▁far ▁have ▁been ▁mixed ▁and ▁incons istent , ▁but ▁many , ▁including ▁influ ential ▁fashion ▁critics ▁( such ▁as ▁C ath y ▁H ory n ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁and ▁Su zy ▁M enk es ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Her ald ▁Trib une ) ▁have ▁hon ed ▁in ▁on ▁T is ci ' s ▁concept ual ▁lean ings , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁future ▁potential