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Francesco Risso will leave Marni after almost 10 years as creative director. The news was shared with Vogue affairs This morning by OTB, the parent company of Marni.
Risso, who was born on a sailboat, was appointed captain of the house at a high time in 2016. Despite his initial inexperience as creative manager, he sailed in a fierce initial gravid of negative criticisms to successfully direct one of the more creative labels of Italian fashion in a new phase of relevance and cultural success.
Renzo Rosso, president of OTB Group, who promoted Risso to the first job in Marni, said: “Francesco adopted the spirit and the values of the house, and with the team brought them to new land, building the foundations for a new exciting chapter from Marni.
Risso said: “I will always be grateful to Renzo for having believed in me, for having given me the seat before in a trip which has become more than what I could have imagined. Marni was a studio, a scene, a dream. He led color, instinct, care and gave space so that people are themselves. to more extraordinary trips to come! »»
Risso’s successor was not revealed by OTB. Whenever this appointment is made, it will finish a three-part creative refreshment within the next group Introduction of Simone Bellotti to Jil SanderAnd The new role of Glenn Martens conducts Maison Margiela In addition to its existing creative direction of the main economic engine of OTB, Diesel.
A consequence of this refreshment is that following the Recent departure from Lucie Meier as a co-creative director with her husband Luke at Jil SanderThe house no longer has female creative leadership, which could influence reflection on the group as it is preparing to fill the Marni position in its design portfolio. OTB will seek to continue its impressive record in the hiring of Dynamic, Maverick Creatives to direct its houses.
Risso should undoubtedly be counted among these. His meeting was a particularly daring game at a sensitive moment, both for Marni and OTB. Under Rosso, its founder, OTB bought 60% of Marni in 2012, then acquired total property in 2015. In doing so, he bought the founder, Consuelo Castiglioni, and her husband Gianni. Castiglioni, born in Switzerland, had founded Marni as a branching of the family fur business in 1994. The line was baptized in honor of the nickname Castiglioni Marina, and after a first seasons dominated by fur, developed to become a much wider and more eclectic adventure.