Just as things were starting to go well at Pringle of Scotland, this morning WWD confirmed that Alistair Carr has stepped down from his role as design director. The move is surprising for many reasons. His collections have increasingly shown promise and have gone down relatively well with the critics and also, it's only be a little over a year that he took over the reigns from Claire Waight Keller.

Despite his efforts the brand continued to lose a lot of money after he arrived, resulting in the owners having to inject a whopping $16.5 million to save it. Now the design duties are going completely in-house and instead of showing big runway shows, their collections will be shown in intimate presentations. The brand's CEO Jean Fang told WWD that the decision was 'mutual' and confirmed that Carr won't leave straight away as he still has to finish of the brand's S/S13 menswear collection in London and resort 2013 collection in New York.

Are you sad to see him go?

Claire Waight Keller made a swift exist at Pringle of Scotland last month after six years at the brand, and today, the label announced her replacement. Alistair Carr has been appointed as the new design director after working for Marni and Cacharel, and most recently, Chloe and Balenciaga.

On the appointment, the brand's CEO, Jean Fang, said: "We are thrilled to have Alistair on board. His passion for both cutting edge and contemporary luxury design is the perfect alliance for Pringle of Scotland, and we look forward to continuing our success as an international luxury brand with an emphasis on knitwear."

And Carr is just as pleased about the partnership. "I am proud to be joining Pringle and I am excited to explore the rich heritage of this brand," he explained.