SILVIA VENTURINI FENDI STEPS DOWN AS A CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF FENDI

editor MAREK BARTEK

In a breaking news, LVMH owned Italian House of Fendi just announced that Silvia Venturini Fendi will be stepping down from her role as a creative director. Effective from October 1st, she will take on a role of Honorary President and will continue championing for the brand worldwide.

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Silvia Venturini Fendi is the third generation of the Fendi family, working for an iconic Roman House founded by her grandparents Adele and Edoardo Fendi. She first supported  late Karl Lagerfeld in the Artistic Direction, then moved on to be the Head of Accessories and Menswear. Venturini Fendi briefly took over Womenswear back in 2019 before appointing Kim Jones as the Artistic Director of womenswear and couture but after his departure she took on the womenswear and couture again.

In the statement by Silvia Venturini Fendi herself, she said: “These have been truly exciting years, a journey I have walked also in the name of my grandmother Adele, my mother Anna, and her sisters. My heart turns to Karl, an extraordinary master who granted me the honour of working by his side, teaching me the art of sharing, a defining quality in my family’s history of women, while guiding me to nurture and protect my own creative vision so that I could then fly on my own. What a wonderful journey it has been, not only creatively but also from a human perspective: first through my bond with Karl Lagerfeld, then with Kim Jones and last but not least with my fantastic team, which over the years has become part of my family.”

It is not clear, who will be taking over this role but as shared by the House, a new creative organisation for FENDI will be announced in “due time”.